Omie Lucille Smallwood Wall, 93, passed away at her home near Aztec and rejoined her sweetheart husband on his birthday, Oct. 5, 2007. She was blessed to live in her own home until the end of her life when she was taken relatively quickly by a massive stroke.
Lucille was born on March 25, 1914, in Hall County, Ga., to William Harrison Clayton Smallwood and Mary Lee Omie Hyde Smallwood, the fourth of eight children. She was raised in a loving home and remained close to her siblings and parents throughout their lives.
She was a tri-state spelling champion in grammar school in West Virginia and was the valedictorian of her eighth grade class. She was a scholar of the Latin language and studied it for four years. She was the salutatorian in her high school graduation class at the Martin Institute in Jefferson, Ga. She studied journalism at the New Mexico State Teacher's College (now known as New Mexico Western) in Silver City.
She loved to write and was blessed with a great command of language. She wrote novels, magazine articles and poetry, and has been a published author several times in her life.
She married her high school sweetheart, Crawford Lorenza Wall, on May 8, 1932, in Hall County. They were married 72 years. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Bountiful Utah L.D.S. temple in 2005.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served faithfully in many callings throughout her life and was instrumental in bringing the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ to many others.
She loved to teach and worked in the schools. She loved to paint, do complicated word puzzles and read. She had a spirit of adventure and discovery that took her all over the United States throughout her life. She had a vivacious personality. She was always concerned about other people. She had a life full of voluntary service to widows, senior citizens, children, church and family.
She will be remembered as one who constantly recognized the Lord's hand and was grateful for his help every day. She was a woman of great fortitude, wisdom, knowledge, mercy, love, endurance and strength.
Although we will miss our beloved mother and grandmother until we see her again, we are grateful we had her so long and rejoice in the reunions she is now enjoying.
She is survived by son, William Crawford (Arizona) of Aztec; brother, Joe Smallwood and wife, Jean, of Forsyth, Ga.; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Troy) Olsen of Kaysville, Utah, Martha (Ruben) Romero and Calvin Wall of Hotchkiss, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Jesse Romero, Celeste and Danielle Olsen, Brandon, Casey and Brittany Thames, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, James Arthur Smallwood, Hugh Buchanan Smallwood, Harrison Lee Smallwood, Dewey Turner Smallwood, Muriel Gladys Thompson and Mary Belle Cook McMillan.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute Street in Farmington, and also from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, Colo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield.
Lucille is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, (505) 325-8688.
Lucille was born on March 25, 1914, in Hall County, Ga., to William Harrison Clayton Smallwood and Mary Lee Omie Hyde Smallwood, the fourth of eight children. She was raised in a loving home and remained close to her siblings and parents throughout their lives.
She was a tri-state spelling champion in grammar school in West Virginia and was the valedictorian of her eighth grade class. She was a scholar of the Latin language and studied it for four years. She was the salutatorian in her high school graduation class at the Martin Institute in Jefferson, Ga. She studied journalism at the New Mexico State Teacher's College (now known as New Mexico Western) in Silver City.
She loved to write and was blessed with a great command of language. She wrote novels, magazine articles and poetry, and has been a published author several times in her life.
She married her high school sweetheart, Crawford Lorenza Wall, on May 8, 1932, in Hall County. They were married 72 years. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Bountiful Utah L.D.S. temple in 2005.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served faithfully in many callings throughout her life and was instrumental in bringing the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ to many others.
She loved to teach and worked in the schools. She loved to paint, do complicated word puzzles and read. She had a spirit of adventure and discovery that took her all over the United States throughout her life. She had a vivacious personality. She was always concerned about other people. She had a life full of voluntary service to widows, senior citizens, children, church and family.
She will be remembered as one who constantly recognized the Lord's hand and was grateful for his help every day. She was a woman of great fortitude, wisdom, knowledge, mercy, love, endurance and strength.
Although we will miss our beloved mother and grandmother until we see her again, we are grateful we had her so long and rejoice in the reunions she is now enjoying.
She is survived by son, William Crawford (Arizona) of Aztec; brother, Joe Smallwood and wife, Jean, of Forsyth, Ga.; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Troy) Olsen of Kaysville, Utah, Martha (Ruben) Romero and Calvin Wall of Hotchkiss, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Jesse Romero, Celeste and Danielle Olsen, Brandon, Casey and Brittany Thames, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, James Arthur Smallwood, Hugh Buchanan Smallwood, Harrison Lee Smallwood, Dewey Turner Smallwood, Muriel Gladys Thompson and Mary Belle Cook McMillan.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute Street in Farmington, and also from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, Colo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield.
Lucille is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, (505) 325-8688.
Omie Lucille Smallwood Wall, 93, passed away at her home near Aztec and rejoined her sweetheart husband on his birthday, Oct. 5, 2007. She was blessed to live in her own home until the end of her life when she was taken relatively quickly by a massive stroke.
Lucille was born on March 25, 1914, in Hall County, Ga., to William Harrison Clayton Smallwood and Mary Lee Omie Hyde Smallwood, the fourth of eight children. She was raised in a loving home and remained close to her siblings and parents throughout their lives.
She was a tri-state spelling champion in grammar school in West Virginia and was the valedictorian of her eighth grade class. She was a scholar of the Latin language and studied it for four years. She was the salutatorian in her high school graduation class at the Martin Institute in Jefferson, Ga. She studied journalism at the New Mexico State Teacher's College (now known as New Mexico Western) in Silver City.
She loved to write and was blessed with a great command of language. She wrote novels, magazine articles and poetry, and has been a published author several times in her life.
She married her high school sweetheart, Crawford Lorenza Wall, on May 8, 1932, in Hall County. They were married 72 years. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Bountiful Utah L.D.S. temple in 2005.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served faithfully in many callings throughout her life and was instrumental in bringing the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ to many others.
She loved to teach and worked in the schools. She loved to paint, do complicated word puzzles and read. She had a spirit of adventure and discovery that took her all over the United States throughout her life. She had a vivacious personality. She was always concerned about other people. She had a life full of voluntary service to widows, senior citizens, children, church and family.
She will be remembered as one who constantly recognized the Lord's hand and was grateful for his help every day. She was a woman of great fortitude, wisdom, knowledge, mercy, love, endurance and strength.
Although we will miss our beloved mother and grandmother until we see her again, we are grateful we had her so long and rejoice in the reunions she is now enjoying.
She is survived by son, William Crawford (Arizona) of Aztec; brother, Joe Smallwood and wife, Jean, of Forsyth, Ga.; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Troy) Olsen of Kaysville, Utah, Martha (Ruben) Romero and Calvin Wall of Hotchkiss, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Jesse Romero, Celeste and Danielle Olsen, Brandon, Casey and Brittany Thames, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, James Arthur Smallwood, Hugh Buchanan Smallwood, Harrison Lee Smallwood, Dewey Turner Smallwood, Muriel Gladys Thompson and Mary Belle Cook McMillan.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute Street in Farmington, and also from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, Colo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield.
Lucille is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, (505) 325-8688.
Lucille was born on March 25, 1914, in Hall County, Ga., to William Harrison Clayton Smallwood and Mary Lee Omie Hyde Smallwood, the fourth of eight children. She was raised in a loving home and remained close to her siblings and parents throughout their lives.
She was a tri-state spelling champion in grammar school in West Virginia and was the valedictorian of her eighth grade class. She was a scholar of the Latin language and studied it for four years. She was the salutatorian in her high school graduation class at the Martin Institute in Jefferson, Ga. She studied journalism at the New Mexico State Teacher's College (now known as New Mexico Western) in Silver City.
She loved to write and was blessed with a great command of language. She wrote novels, magazine articles and poetry, and has been a published author several times in her life.
She married her high school sweetheart, Crawford Lorenza Wall, on May 8, 1932, in Hall County. They were married 72 years. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Bountiful Utah L.D.S. temple in 2005.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served faithfully in many callings throughout her life and was instrumental in bringing the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ to many others.
She loved to teach and worked in the schools. She loved to paint, do complicated word puzzles and read. She had a spirit of adventure and discovery that took her all over the United States throughout her life. She had a vivacious personality. She was always concerned about other people. She had a life full of voluntary service to widows, senior citizens, children, church and family.
She will be remembered as one who constantly recognized the Lord's hand and was grateful for his help every day. She was a woman of great fortitude, wisdom, knowledge, mercy, love, endurance and strength.
Although we will miss our beloved mother and grandmother until we see her again, we are grateful we had her so long and rejoice in the reunions she is now enjoying.
She is survived by son, William Crawford (Arizona) of Aztec; brother, Joe Smallwood and wife, Jean, of Forsyth, Ga.; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Troy) Olsen of Kaysville, Utah, Martha (Ruben) Romero and Calvin Wall of Hotchkiss, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Jesse Romero, Celeste and Danielle Olsen, Brandon, Casey and Brittany Thames, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, James Arthur Smallwood, Hugh Buchanan Smallwood, Harrison Lee Smallwood, Dewey Turner Smallwood, Muriel Gladys Thompson and Mary Belle Cook McMillan.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Brewer Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute Street in Farmington, and also from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, Colo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield.
Lucille is in the care of Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, (505) 325-8688.
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