Elizabeth Smith
Obituary
Elizabeth Whitlow Smith was born December 29, 1920 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Joseph and Mary Whitlow. Betty transitioned from this life to the next on June 16, 2011. Her brother Bob Whitlow passed away in March 2011; she is survived by her brother Joe Whitlow. Betty is also survived by her husband Dan S. Smith and stepsons Doug and Kevin Smith. Betty's children are Ann Sartain, Mike Rummerfield, Ben Rummerfield, Jr. and Susan Rummerfield, her grand children Sarah Campbell, Esther Sartain and Ben Sartain and great- granddaughter, Chloe Campbell.
Memorial services for Betty will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, at the Country Club of Woodland Hills, 6333 S. 91st E. Ave.
Betty graduated from University of Tulsa in 1942. In 1943 was in service to her country during WW II when she qualified for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Betty continued service as the secretary of the Midwest Regional WASP's into her late 80s.
As authorized by Public Law 111-40 instituted by Congress and signed by President O'Bama, the WASPs received the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in ceremony in Washington DC, March 10, 2010.
Betty was a devoted Mother who raised her children with a sense of adventure and curiosity. Little did her children know until adulthood that she ferried all single engine airforce fighter aircraft in the American inventory during WW II with a spiritual commitment to the air ways while skipping across the windy skies, the setting sun, and billowing clouds where arching rainbows are caught on wing tips.
Family and friends wish you to fly high and that your wings "touch the face of God".
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Tributes & Memories
To Betty - On behalf of your recently departed brother, Bob, from your sister-in-law Lee, niece Elizabeth, and nephews Rob, Doug and Scott, our condolences, love and prayers extend across brief time and space with the hope for healing and solace in this time of grief for all you have left behind.
The Robert S. Whitlow Family
Aunt Betty was a warm, happy and generous woman. I feel fortunate to have been able to schedule my travels through Tulsa and spend time visiting with her and Dan over the last several years. With her passing just two days before my father's own memorial service and burial of his ashes, this sad time became doubly so, but I felt her love, support and presence as I delivered a eulogy for her brother, my father, that day. My love and prayers go out for Betty and for you Dan, Ann, Suzie, Mike and Ben. And for her brother, my Uncle Joe, and stepsons Doug and Kevin, also. May you find solace in your love and pride for all that she was in life and the good memories she has left with us all.
Rob Whitlow
I am sorry I did not hear of the loss of Betty in time to attend her Memorial Service. She was a VERY special person and I am grateful for the limited time I spent with her. My sympathy to the family. Joan G. McKinney WAF Vet
Joan G. McKinney