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Conner Lee Smith

Joe Denoyer - May 21, 2018 10:40 pm

Conner Lee Smith, 19, of Tyrone passed away May 20, 2018 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.

Conner was born February 5, 1999 in Liberal, Kansas, the son of Donovan James and Jennifer Lynn Bennett Smith. He attended school and grew up in Tyrone, Oklahoma graduating from Tyrone High School with the Class of 2017. He was a member of the National Honor Society and played football and his senior year the Bobcats were undefeated Champions in District, won Regional, Area and were State semifinalists.  His senior basketball team were champions of District, Regional, Area and State quarter finalists.

He completed his freshman year of college, majoring in elementary education at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma. At college he competed in intramural football, basketball and softball.

He was an active member of the Hooker Church of Christ in Hooker, Oklahoma and a member of HCCYG youth group. He was an intern at the Church of Christ Bible Chair in Alva, Oklahoma.

Conner played bass guitar in the school band, enjoyed camping and fishing, which he did last Friday, and was an avid video gamer.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jason Smith.

Conner’s family includes his parents, Donovan and Jennifer Smith of Tyrone, Oklahoma; brother, Zackary Smith of Tyrone, Oklahoma; grandparents, Steve and Lynn Bennett of Garden City, Kansas and grandmother, Brenda Smith of Liberal, Kansas.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2018 at the Tyrone High School gymnasium in Tyrone, Oklahoma. Officiating will be Pastor Rex Petty, Lance Morrisett, Clay Witt. Interment will be in Tyrone Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma.

Memorials are suggested to the Conner Smith Scholarship for Tyrone High School and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma 73945

Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com

 
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