Obituaries for Oct. 10, 2019

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Opal Plunk Smith Corsaw was born February 23, 1930 in Dyersburg, TN, the eldest of five children, to Ira and Rubye Plunk. She married Harry P Smith in November 1947, and continued high school until her mother was confined to East Tennessee Tuberculosis hospital for treatment. At that time she dropped out of school and she and Harry moved into her father’s home so she could care for her two youngest siblings. They were blessed with two children. A daughter, Sherry, was born in 1948 and a son, Larry, arrived in 1950. A stillborn daughter, Ruth Diane was born in 1961. Jack Gibson, a foster son, came to live with them in 1967. Sadly, Jack passed away on December 28, 2006.

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