Edna "Louise" Smith

Edna Louise Smith, 76, went home on January 11, 2025. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home in Abilene, TX. Inurnment will take place in the Armour family plot in Petrolia Cemetery. For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live-streamed(Link below under memorial service. Louise will be laid to rest alongside her parents in Petrolia, TX.

Fondly known as "Mawmaw”, "Lou”, or "Aunt B”, Louise was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Harold Shelby "Pa" Armour and Edna Z. "Ma" Awbrey. She was the youngest of 4 sisters. She graduated from Permian High School in Odessa, TX. She was tirelessly dedicated to her job, raising her son Chad as a single mom. Her focus was always family. She absolutely cherished her sisters, nieces, grandsons and great-grandsons.

Louise made lifelong friends during her years working at Dresser/Magcobar and the Weigh of Life Clinic, among others. Later in life, she found joy in breeding and raising dogs, always accompanied by a beloved canine companion. Despite her hard work, she knew how to enjoy life, passing down her love of dancing to her nieces and great-nieces.

A lifelong Methodist, Louise’s faith was a guiding light in her life. She now walks streets of gold in a perfect, heavenly body, rejoicing in her reunion with loved ones who went before her.

Louise was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Shelby Carol Janek, Jo Ann Patterson and Doris Jean Turner; nieces Perrie Gamboa, Teresa Miller and Liz "Sis" Omlor.

She is survived by her son, Chad and his wife, Tammy; grandsons Kevin, Cole and Tyler; great-grandsons Anthony and Alexander; nieces Vickie “Bickie", Donna Denise and Kristie Dawn, and numerous cherished great-nieces and nephews as well as her precious Miniature Pinscher Peaches. Her memory will live eternally in them.