Chattie Sue Darby Smith

Funeral services will be held for Chattie Sue Darby Smith on Friday, November 22, 2013 at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, Missouri. The Rev. Don Kelley will officiate. Her family will welcome visitors beginning at 11:00 a. m. Friday at the funeral home. Services will follow at 1 p.m. Chattie Sue was born March 24, 1921 Savage, Tate County Mississippi to Edward Presley Darby and Theodosia Calhoun Darby. They and her sister, Mildred Gordon preceded her in death. Wayne B. Smith took Chattie Sue to be his bride April 30, 1938 in Panola County Mississippi. After nearly 75 years of marriage Wayne went to be with The Lord and to prepare a place by his side for his bride. Their children Eleanor Sue and Gerald Wayne moved with them from the South to Missouri in 1957 to open a Sawmill just South of Louisiana. A few years later the family started the quarry business that exists today. Surviving are: Eleanor and her husband, John Sitton, Gerald and his wife, Gail along with her grandchildren, Cindy and husband, Gregg Baylock, Sherry Miederhoff and Kenny Moses, Christina Sitton, Matt Smith and his wife, Jennifer and Mark Smith and wife Angela. Great grandchildren include, Brad Stoops and his wife, Jesssica, Emily Sitton, JT Miederhoff, Aiden Smith, Alexa Smith, Matthew Smith and her namesake, Chattie Valentina Smith. Her great-great grandchildren are Raelynn Stoops and JW Stoops. Countless nieces and nephews will also cherish fond memories. Daughter in-law, Karen Carr Smith preceded her in death. Chattie was a member of the First Baptist Church in Louisiana and loved by her church family and community of friends. She kept a beautiful yard and garden and had a particular fondness for Irises. It was no secret that she often out worked some of the young men Wayne sent to the house to help her in the yard. An inscription found in her School Days Treasures reads “When you come to the end of your senior year, you can measure the joys and the pain----as you bless each one with wondering awe, knowing that ever they fade, the peace that was yours when they rested there, can never be unmade.” These words seem appropriate as we cherish the memories of the life of Chattie Sue Smith. Memorials may be given to the First Baptist Church Stained Glass Window Fund or to the Pike County Hospital Foundation. Online condolences may be sent to collierfuneral.com

Chattie Sue Darby Smith

March 24, 1921 - November 18, 2013