March 6, 1937 – Nov. 24, 2024
Funeral service for Willa (Fugett) “Mae” Smith, 87, of Muldrow, were held at 12 noon on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at Trinity Methodist Church in Muldrow. Burial followed at U.S. National Cemetery at 1 p.m. in Fort Smith, Ark., under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.
She was born on March 6, 1937, in Muldrow, to Margaret (Tabor) Fugett and Willie Bryson Fugett. She passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Fort Smith.
She was married to Jack Anderson Smith, Jr. on March 15, 1956 in Muldrow.
She was a retired educator, having taught in Oklahoma, Texas, and for the Department of Defense School on Misawa Air Base in Japan. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Muldrow, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for numerous years.
Survivors are husband, Jack of the home; one sister, Molly Nichols of Muldrow; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Audrey Lucille Jones; and three brothers, Charles Wesley Fugett, Joe Nathan Fugett and Gene T. Fugett.
Honorary pallbearers were the women of Trinity Methodist Church.
