Ruby Smith, age 87, a resident of Dierks, Arkansas passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Dierks Health and Rehab.

She was born Ruby May Bain August 18, 1935. She married Robert Stroud in 1954 and together they had three children, Muriel Elizabeth (Beth) Deen (Neil), Linda Kay Cobb (Jimmy), and Mary Francis Hilton (Johnny). Upon the death of Robert in 1970, Ruby moved to Monroe, Louisiana, so she could complete her education degree. She began her teaching profession in 1974 at Van-Cove High School. She then taught at Winthrop High School and Cossatot Vocational Technical School until her retirement in 2000. After retirement, Ruby married Autley B. Smith and resided in West Monroe, LA until his death in 2018, when she moved to Dierks to live her remaining years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, Robert Stroud and A.B. Smith and a special friend, Dale Plunkett, a granddaughter, Mae Lynda Renea Wright and a grandson, Chase Dawson Hilton.

She is survived by her three daughters, Beth of De Queen, AR, Kay of Nashville, AR and Fran of Mena, AR; two grandsons, David Wright and wife, Jennifer of Altus, OK and Stephan Conn Hilton of Hot Springs, AR; one granddaughter Kasie Rebekah Wright of De Queen, AR; two great granddaughters, Kyleigh McGough of Altus, OK and Harper Claire Hilton of Batesville, AR; her bonus family includes Merlin and Jane Smith of Calhoun, LA, Leslie Koenk of Leesville, LA, Marion Wilson of Monroe, LA, Ashley Herring of Monroe, LA, Katherine Free of Shreveport, LA, Dorothy Sullivan of Dallas, TX, Forrest Fife of West Monroe, LA, Cynthia Immel of Denver, CO, and a special love to all the staff at Dierks Nursing and Rehab.

Graveside funeral services for Ruby will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 20, 2023 at Dierks Cemetery in Dierks, AR with Jaron Tipton officiating, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home in De Queen, AR. Fellowship will follow at Center Point Missionary Baptist Church in Center Point, AR, 209 North Center Point Street, Nashville, AR 71852.

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