Jeanne Gaylan Smith

Funeral services for Jeanne Gaylan Record Smith, 61, will be 10:00 AM (CST), Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at First United Methodist Church, Mansfield, LA. Officiating the services will be Pastor Joseph Guo, Pastor Kathy Fitzhugh, and Mary Jo Babcock. A visitation will be held at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield, LA on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 5:00 until 7:00 PM (CST). Burial will be held 10:00 AM (EST), Friday, June 21, 2024 at West Newton Cemetery in Indianapolis, IN.

Jeanne was born December 23, 1962 in Martinsville, IN to William Record, Jr and Jo Ann Kixmiller Record. She passed away June 12, 2024 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Jeanne was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mansfield where she served as Lay Leader, treasurer for the Women of Faith, a delegate to the annual conference, and active in all missions and projects for her church. She was a founding chairperson who served two consecutive terms for the SEAP, Special Education Action Committee, and a parent representative on the committee for the DOVE program. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School in Indiana and received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana University. She was an avid sports fan loving and cheering on the Saints, IU sports, Astros and Indy 500. She was a proud supporter of North DeSoto Athletics.

Preceding Jeanne in death were her father Bill Record, Jr; grandparents W. J. Record, Sr and Clara Kroft Record, and Dr. John L. Kixmiller and Gayle Kixmiller; two aunts Laura Ann Record Ervin and Mable Record.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are her husband, Frank Smith; sons Joseph Smith and wife Hannah and Travis Smith; daughters Stephanie Smith and Molly Smith; sister Robin Record Sundstrom and husband Bob; brother Bill Record, III and wife Elissa; mother, Jo Ann Record; and uncle, John Kixmiller and wife Katie.

Honoring the life of Jeanne as pallbearers will be Wil Delafield, Bo Odom, Sam Odom, Zach Chandler, Trey Williams, Rajeev Bhalla, Matt Kixmiller, Bob Sundstrom, Bronte Sundstrom, and Owen Sundstrom.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to Angelman Syndrome Foundation, 3015 E. New York, St. Ste A2-285 Aurora, IL 60504.

The family would like to express special thanks to the doctors and staff of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Acute Palliative Care and Supportive Care Unit, and Dr. Maxwell McDonald with Willis-Knighton North Cancer Center.