Jonesboro- Leoida Ann Thornton, 83, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2024 at St. Bernards Medical Center.
She was born August 18, 1940 in Caruthersville, Missouri to the late William Lee Smith and Mary Albertine Johnson Smith. She worked at Brown Shoe Company for twenty-five years and had also worked at Arkansas State University for five years. She was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by her daughters, Kathy Ann Agee (Chester) and Gloria Jean Kersey (Kyle); sister, Diane “Donna” Smith; brother, Johnny Wayne Smith; grandsons, Joshua Johanna Meyer (Kristi) and Landon Wade Kersey (Stacey) and great-grandsons, McCurry Johanna Meyer, Ellis Edwin Meyer and Kasen Wade Kersey.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Don Thornton; brother, Albert Smith; sister, Darla Smith; grandson, Randy Wayne Kersey.
Services will be private under the direction of Gregg- Langford Bookout Funeral Home.