JoAnn "judy" (cole) rogers smitherman
OLTON JoAnn "Jody" Rogers, 80,
Olton, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in Lubbock. Services will be
at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church
in Olton with the Rev. Wendell Horn officiating. Interment will follow
at Lockney Cemetery in Lockney under the direction of Ramage Funeral
Directors.
JoAnn was born Feb. 17, 1934, in Talco, Texas, to Fletcher and Johnie (Payne) Cole. She married Berl Rogers on April 1, 1950, and he preceded her in death in 1980. In 1982, she married Harold Smitherman in Clovis.
She moved to Olton in 1987 from Lubbock where she owned a restaurant until her retirement in 2002. The holidays were special times to JoAnn. She enjoyed baking and spending time with her family.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother Ray Cole.
Survivors include her husband Harold Smitherman of Olton; three sons, Ronnie Rogers and his wife Linda of Hobbs, N.M., Randy Rogers and his wife Stacy of Lubbock, and Ken Rogers and his wife Kay of Hobbs; one daughter Connie McClain of Hobbs; and one brother, Kenneth Cole and his wife Cathy of Lake Whitney, Texas. She was blessed with seven grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Lubbock, 3610 22nd St., Suite 300, Lubbock, TX 79410 or the Runningwater Draw Care Center, P.O. Box 409, Olton, TX 79064.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2014.
JoAnn was born Feb. 17, 1934, in Talco, Texas, to Fletcher and Johnie (Payne) Cole. She married Berl Rogers on April 1, 1950, and he preceded her in death in 1980. In 1982, she married Harold Smitherman in Clovis.
She moved to Olton in 1987 from Lubbock where she owned a restaurant until her retirement in 2002. The holidays were special times to JoAnn. She enjoyed baking and spending time with her family.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother Ray Cole.
Survivors include her husband Harold Smitherman of Olton; three sons, Ronnie Rogers and his wife Linda of Hobbs, N.M., Randy Rogers and his wife Stacy of Lubbock, and Ken Rogers and his wife Kay of Hobbs; one daughter Connie McClain of Hobbs; and one brother, Kenneth Cole and his wife Cathy of Lake Whitney, Texas. She was blessed with seven grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Lubbock, 3610 22nd St., Suite 300, Lubbock, TX 79410 or the Runningwater Draw Care Center, P.O. Box 409, Olton, TX 79064.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2014.