Barbara Elaine Smith, 70, of Winter Garden, FL, passed away March 28, 2020. She was born in Eustis, FL on February 5 1950 and grew up in Apopka, FL graduating from Apopka Memorial High School class of 1968. At the age of 19, she boarded a plane for the very first time to England to marry Ronald Ernest Smith who was stationed at an Airforce base in Ipswhich England at the time and lived there together for about a year where she worked as a civil servant in the officers club. When they made their way back to the states, Elaine went to school to obtain her license in Cosmetology and worked as a hair stylist until giving birth to their one and only daughter Christina Lee Smith in 1980 where she became a stay at home mom, although she would continue to cut family members hair and gave many of her nieces and nephews their first hair cuts. In 1985 Elaine entered back into the workforce, this time in the Flooring industry where she worked until the early 2000's. In 2005 Elaine started working as a Costume Specialist at Universal Orlando Resort and officially retired from there in 2018. She is preceded in death by her husband Ron, her parents LB and Adele Cochran, and brothers LB Cochrane Jr and Larry Cochran. She is survived by her daughter Christina Lee Smith, sister Helen Hayes and brothers James Cochrane, Ron Cochrane, Carl Cochrane and Wayne Cochran.
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