September 15, 1927 - September 10, 2018
Wanda Rushing Smart, 90, left her earthly home, September 10, 2018. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and educator. She grew up in Joiner, Arkansas, and was a 1946 graduate of Shawnee High School.
She received BSE and MSE degrees from Arkansas State University. She taught first grade and was Elementary Principal at Shawnee Elementary. She was a member of the Stephens First Methodist Church.
Wanda was preceded in death by husbands, Sam Roy Rushing and James Hershell Smart; her parents, Dave and Julie Frew; her brothers, Bill and Jimmy Frew; one step-daughter, Teresa Langley.
She is survived by her daughter, Judy Felts (Howard); son, Sam M. Rushing (Diana); and step-daughter, Patty Lochala (Butch). Also surviving are six grandchildren, Loren Lovell (Carla), Julie Thibodaux (Dirk), Jason Felts (Gina), Russell Rushing (Diane), Spencer Felts ( Jennifer), Cliff Rushing (Kristen), Brian Langley (Donna), Dr. Rob Lochala (Mary), Jimmy Langley (Anna); her sister, Betty Bailey, and sister-in-law Martha Clark.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
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DW
Sunday, October 7, 2018
So sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in the words spoken at Revelation 21:3,4 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away".
DORIS WILLIAMS
Monday, September 17, 2018
Judy, just learned of your mother's death and I wanted to extend deepest sympathy to you and her family. I remember her so fondly from her days as a teacher at Shawnee and her and your dad as loving, proud parents. Her legacy may not be carved on the front of an edifice of renown but it is carved on the lives of those she touched. The older I have become the more I rely on Psalms 139 which beautifully states God had a plan for us before we were conceived; your mother lived His plan.
Julie Thibodaux
Thursday, September 13, 2018
I will love my sweet grandmother and miss her every day of my life. May you rest with Jesus and all the saints who have gone before you.