Bessie Lola (Thompson) Smith

87 year old Bessie Lola (Thompson) Smith of Cookeville died Monday at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Crest Lawn Funeral Home in Cookeville. Charles Jones and James Eidson will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday from noon until 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers, Freeman, Sherman, and Clifton Thompson; two sisters, Veechel Stringfellow and Mary Lou Katong; and two sons-in-law, Bobby Huffines and Johnny Harris. She is survived by five daughters, Mary N. Huffines of Cookeville, Betty Ann Harris and Linda R. Cronk of Gallatin, Myrl S. Dyer of Cookeville, and Hazel Jean Greenwood of Gainesboro. Two sons, Robert Morris Smith of North Highland, California and Raymond Carl Smith of Cookeville. Five sisters, Trudy Zilphia Barlow of Cookeville, Norma Jean Smith of Gainesboro, Ruby Smith of Cookeville, Villa Maxwell of Hillham, and Marcella Lancaster of Livingston. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and other friends and relatives. Crest Lawn Funeral Home in Cookeville is in charge of the arrangements.