Marjorie Smith

Funeral services for Marjorie Lee Smith, 53, will be 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, at Cope Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Ted Farris will officiate. Burial will be in Gallup City Cemetery, Gallup. Smith died Dec. 4, 2009, in Gallup. She was born March 21, 1956, in Gallup, into the Black Streak Forest People Clan for the Towering House People Clan. Smith was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a very helpful person. She enjoyed playing with her grandkids, making people laugh and loved to cook. She will be missed. Survivors include her husband, Danny Smith of Tseyatoh; sons, Leroy Smith of Tseyatoh; daughters, Charlene Smith-Cleveland of Tseyatoh, Cornelia Smith of Gallup; mother, Faye Tom Lee of Tseyatoh; brothers, George Lee of Tseyatoh, Bobby Lee of Tseyatoh, Raymond Lee of Spencer Valley, Martinez Lee of Casamero Lake; sisters, Pauline Lee of Tseyatoh, Brenda Yazzie of Yatahey; two grandchildren. Smith was preceded in death by Paul Lee, Sammy Lee, Carrine Lee, Julian lee, Sladie Jim Lee, Caroline Lee. Pallbearers will James Duboise Jr., Leroy Smith, Martinez Lee, Adrian Cleveland, Lester Dennison, Ferlando Cadman. The family will receive relatives and friends at Tseyatoh Multi Purpose Building, following service. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.