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DAVID HOWARD "BUDDY" SMITH

DAVID HOWARD "BUDDY" SMITH obituary, Ardmore, OK

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DAVID SMITH Obituary

DAVID HOWARD "BUDDY" SMITH Funeral services for David Howard "Buddy" Smith, 82, will be held Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Harvey-Douglas Centennial Chapel with Reverend Buck Buchanan officiating. Interment will follow at Provence Cemetery. A time of visitation and support for the family will be held Monday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The son of the David and Nell Lee James Smith, Buddy was born February 4, 1942 in Ardmore and passed from this life to life eternal on November 7, 2024. He and the former Bonnie Annalee Savage were married September 29,1961 at Marietta, Oklahoma and she preceded him in death on June 25, 2010. He later married Anita Kay Liston on September 17, 2011 in Valley View and they shared 13 years together. Buddy worked for Carter County District 1 for 13 years as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic. He later worked for Cashman Trucking, and worked at the Uniroyal Tire Plant in Maintenance where he retired in 2003. He raised fighting roosters and cattle after he retired and enjoyed fishing and gardening. Buddy leaves to cherish his memory his wife Kay, sons, Sam Porter and wife Tresa; Frank Penny and Don Mackey; daughters, Ragenia Harrington and husband Bob and Janice Hodges and husband James; Kay's sons Marty and Chuck; his brother Jimmy Smith and sisters Mary Riggs and husband Bob and Glenda Harvin; 12 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren, plus one on the way. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Bonnie, sons Harold David Smith and Basil G. Porter; and a brother Harold "Sonny" Smith. Pallbearers are his grandkids. Services are entrusted to Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home and Crematory where online condolences for the family may be left at www.hdouglasfuneralhome.com.

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Published by The Daily Ardmoreite from Nov. 9 to Nov. 10, 2024.

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Ricky Prentice

November 10, 2024

Ricky Prentice
Have lots of memories of Buddy & Bonnie as a kid in Ardmore with sammy and my other cousin
Buddy always fixing Sam motorcycle so we could run around the lake in the mid 60s going to miss you Buddy

Dena Ball

November 9, 2024

Janice, Benny and I are so sorry to hear about your Dad! Benny thought a lot of him. Many prayers for you all!

Laura Standifer-Moore

November 9, 2024

I remember Bubby when he worked at the county barn for my Dad. He was always so nice and polite.

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