FRANCES BETH SMART WAS BORN IN EXETER, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 8, 1938, TO FRANK AND DOROTHY SMART. HER EARLY DAYS WERE SPENT IN LEMON COVE AND EXETER BEFORE MOVING TO WOODLAKE. SHE ATTENDED WOODLAKE SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED IN 1957. SHE ATTENDED COS FOR A YEAR BEFORE MARRYING RICHARD SPECK, A UNION THAT PRODUCED TWO SONS, STEVEN FRANK AND SCOTT RICHARD.
BETH WORKED IN SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA RETIRING FROM
CORCORAN UNIFIED IN 1999. SHE MOVED TO TULARE WHERE SHE SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE.
BETH'S LIFE WAS INVOLVED WITH HER CHURCH AND FAMILY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WAS HER LOVE FOR THE LORD, HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS A LEADER OF SEVERAL WOMEN'S GROUPS, BIBLE STUDIES, AND CLASSES ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIP BOUNDARIES. SHE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES BUT WAS TOUCHED BY MANY OTHERS! SHE LOVED TO DO GOD'S WORK AND WATCH IT GROWING IN THE YOUNG WOMEN SHE MET AND TALKED WITH. BETH POSSESSED SUCH SOFT, SWEET WAYS AND WAS SUCH A GENTLE SOUL. THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH A PERSON THAT DID NOT SEE
THIS GENUINE GOODNESS, KINDNESS, AND CONCERN.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER AND MOTHER. AND FORMER
HUSBAND, RICHARD SPECK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER , KAY SMART AND CHERYL (MO) MODENA OF FRESNO, TWO TERRIFIC SONS, STEVE AND SCOTT SPECK. GRANDCHILDREN BRITTANY AND ABIGAIL SPECK, MONICA AND JASON, WHITNEY, GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN MICHAEL AND CASSIE WHITNEY, AND SON JAXSON, CJ AND LANE THOMPSON, AND CASSIE WHITNEY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD BUILDING FUND, 1255 N CHERRY ST #562, TULARE, CA 93274.
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