Ola Smith Obituary
We are sad to announce that on November 24, 2025, Ola Smith of Bearden, Arkansas passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Ola farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Ola is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jim Gilmore and Leola Gilmore (Moss); and her husband Henry Taylor Smith. She is survived by: her children, Rev. Michael Smith, Sr. of Holly Springs, AR and Virginia A. Jones of Bearden, AR; and her brother Horace Gilmore of Bearden, AR. She is also survived by one grandchild; one great-grandchild; and a host of extended family.
