Obituary of Tina Karleen Smelley

Services for Tina Karleen Smelley, 48, Overton, will be at 3:00 pm, Monday, July 11, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with Reverend James Henderson officiating. Private burial will be in Overton City Cemetery. Mrs. Smelley died Friday, July 8, 2016 at her residence in Arp. She was born November 17, 1967 in Dallas to the late Carl and Matilda Perryman Clinton. She was a life long resident of Arp and married Carroll Smelley February 14, 1987 in Arp. She worked at Bradshaw Prison, Henderson and she was loved by her husband and children and enjoyed bowling and reading. Survivors include her husband of twenty nine years, Carroll Smelley, Arp; a son, James Smelley, Arp; two daughters and a son-in-law, Carleen Smelley, Arp, and Nicole and Daniel Shane, Kilgore; a brother, Bo Clinton, Betty; two sisters, Carla Clinton, Betty, and Crystal Fowler, Overton; sisters-in-law, Debbie Richardson, Carthage and Shelia Whitaker, Troup; mother-in-law, Shirley Smelley, Arp; stepmother, Mary Clinton, Leverett’s Chapel; four grandchildren, Brittney, Shawn, Colby, and Brooklynn; two aunts, Betty Jean Pace, New London, and Linda Pounders, Leverett’s Chapel, two uncles, Butch Clinton, Chapel Hill and Rocky Clinton, Carthage; special friends, Hope Meador, Overton, and Josie Hudgins, Henderson; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Pallbearers will be Cody Whitaker, Rocky Richardson, Brandon Richardson, Chase Brewer, Greg Sampson, and Shane Daniel.