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Joyce Yvonne Smith
---Joyce Yvonne Smith, age 65, of La Plata, Missouri, passed away Friday (September 21, 2001) at her home.
---Born June 1, 1936 in Kirksville, Missouri, she was the daughter of Carl Jeremiah and Buna Pearl (Sallee) Wood. On October 21, 1957 in Oklahoma she married Hal D. Smith, who preceded her in death on March 17, 1981.
---Also preceding her in death were her father, two brothers, Jerry Lee Wood and Gary Dean Wood, two sisters, Nona Wood and Joann Wood, and one daughter, Denna Joann Smith.
---Survivors include her mother, Buna Wood of La Plata, three sons, Jim Bob Miller of Kirksville, Missouri, Terry Smith of Kirksville, Missouri and Joe Smith of Kirksville, Missouri; one daughter, Melissa Main of La Plata, Missouri; three brothers, Butch Wood of La Plata, Missouri, Dale Wood of Callao, Missouri and Eddie Wood of La Plata, Missouri; two sisters, Lois Melson of Columbia, Missouri and Paula (Skeeter) Fast of La Plata, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Jason Miller, Jeremiah Smith, Chantelle Smith, Michael Smith, Matthew Smith, Hal Dean Smith, Brittany Smith and Ashley Ann Main; and one great-grandson, Tanner Smith.
---Joyce received her education in the La Plata Schools. In 1972 she moved from Kansas City, Missouri back to La Plata, where she owned and operated Smitty's Tavern until 1999. Joyce was an avid reader at the La Plata Library.
---The body has been cremated and no services will be held. Respects can be made to the family during a visitation on Sunday (September 23, 2001) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Travis Funeral Chapel in La Plata, Missouri.
---The family requests that memorials in memory of Joyce Yvonne Smith can be made to the La Plata Public Library. Memorials may be sent to or left at the Travis Funeral Chapel.
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Parents:
Carl Jeremiah Wood (1910 - 1993)
Buna P. Sallee Wood (1918 - 2008)
Spouse:
Hal Dean Smith (1929 - 1981)*
Siblings:
Joyce Yvonne Wood Smith (1936 - 2001)
Jerry Lee Wood (1938 - 1969)*
Winona Beryle Wood (1939 - 1958)*
Gary Dean Wood (1942 - 1993)*
Basil Orland Wood (1947 - 2006)*
Helen Jo Ann Wood (1949 - 1952)*
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