81 year old Christine Colwell Smithson of Smithville died Monday at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a secretary, sporting goods representative, and she worked at the Doctors Building. The funeral will be Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Terry Little and John Carpenter will officiate burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 1:00 p.m. Smithson was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Edna Certain Colwell; her husband, Bob Smithson; sisters, Lucille Hendrixson and Lillian Robinson; brothers-in-law, J.D. Hendrixson and C.A. Robinson; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jack and Helen Smithson. Survivors include brothers, Frank and wife Mary Colwell of Smithville, Felty and wife Sarah Colwell of Scottsville, Kentucky. Sisters, Charlene and husband Herbert Pipkin of LaFayette and Rose and husband Paul Dillen of Smithville. Several nieces and nephews also survive. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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