Lera F. Smith

Cremation and burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park. She requested that no final service be held. She was preceded in death by her husband, Presley Walter Smith, on August 13, 2014.

Lera was born May 17, 1921 to Claude and Leska (Holt) Terry in Plainview, Texas. The family moved to Houston, Texas in 1937, where Lera graduated from San Jacinto high school in 1939. She married Fred Cowart in 1940. One son was born to this union, Fredric Harold Cowart II, in 1943. After moving back to Lubbock, Texas in 1943, she worked for; The United Way, Moss Gordon Gin Equipment Company and Texas Tech University Library, where she was senior administrative assistant to the library director for 23 years. Lera retiring in 1985.

Lera married Presley Walter Smith in April 1947. One son was born to this union, Kenneth Walter Smith, in 1953. Lera was Methodist. She spent many happy hours working with her flowers and was particularly fond of Iris. She enjoyed fly fishing, tennis and golf.

Survivors include her sons; Fredric Cowart II and his wife, Carol, of Wichita, Kansas, Kenneth Smith and his twin daughters, Abigail and Emily, of Aurora, Colorado and many nieces and nephews.

Online condolences may be offered on our website at www.resthavenfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home & Memorial Park, Lubbock, TX.