Thelma Inez Smoot

Mrs. Thelma Inez Smoot, 101, was a native of Portland, Ore., where she was born Dec. 5, 1907.  She died March 9, 2009. 

She moved to Imperial Valley, Calif., with her family in 1914, where she lived until relocating to Ocean Springs in 1997. 

Smoot's husband, John Magruder Smoot, whom she lived with 52 years, parents Frank and Vivian Nutbrown, brother Richard Nutbrown, sister Alna Simmons,  and grandson Robert John Graetz all preceded her in death.  

Survivors include daughter Phyllis Jean Luter, granddaughter Jerilyn (Wayne) Henry, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 

Smoot spent the last days of her life in a Vancleave personal care home operated by Karen Richards, Aileen Dewberry and Jessie Bang. 

Interment is at Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs, where services were rendered by Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.