Norman E. Smiley, 75, of Lone Oak, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Coker-Mathews Chapel with Rev. Robert Cook officiating. Burial will be in Hall Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Monday at the funeral home.
Mr. Smiley was born in Lone Oak, Texas on March 27, 1934. He was the son of Bert Smiley and Evelyn Lucille Jones. He was a rancher and raised Greyhounds.
He is survived by a son, Ricky Wayne Smiley of Lone Oak; daughter, Tommie Lynn Kerr of Greenville; brother, Ernie Russell of Amarillo; sister, Vada Jo Kalisek of Houston; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son-in-law, Buel Kerr, July 10, 2009.
Pallbearers will be Allen Stokes, Rusty Powell, Kenneth Kalisek, Randall Kalisek, Troy Acker and Glenn Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Stokes, Eddie Stonestreet, James Shipman, Grady Shepard, Charles Moore and Clyde Dennis.
