Debbie you will always be our bright and shining star. We miss you ❤️

You will always be our bright and shining star that we’ll miss forever….love you for eternity and beyond…….

Family party for Debra…treehouse at Christopher’s restaurant. Beautiful place!

All the Girls in our family together for Andrea’s Graduation!

Actually not sure where this was taken but we always had fun.

Debbie loved Jenny her golden retriever so much. In fact I fell in love with Jenny too when I helped Debra move back to Texas from CA. And it was us 3 musketeers on the road trip!

Debra and I on Daddy’s lap. This was always our favorite place. I’d be the one with the Barbie Doll.

This is Steve and Debra in front of her store in Meridian,MS. She loved it. We were so proud of her beautiful decorating skills.

Debbie madly in love with her twins….she was literally walking on air.

Debbie and Steve with their twins, Wynn and Hill. Debra was over the moon with them!

She told me she had a calling to go to boot camp and be a Marine….and she did!

Debbie being pinned with honors in the Marines.

What a cutie! Not sure what year this school picture was taken but I’m sure Mother had it framed in our house.

This is Debbie taken in San Diego when her Mother-in-law Pat was visiting.

This is her babies she loved taken months ago. They’re larger now. Bunny and Winston

Every Summer we’d spend in Massachusetts where my Grandmother lived and  this picture is of us enjoying the beautiful flowers. My Mother was always happy to be home. We learned to love Massachusetts as much as her.

Debbie and Steve in town for Andrea’s recital.

A poem written by Debra's mother, Eda Moore, for her in 1983. 

For Debra:
I think about you everyday 
The memory of your smile lights my way 
Don't need a picture to see
The face that is so dear to me

We are so many miles apart,
But I carry your gentle look in my heart

I think about you everyday

Forever may the sun shine bright
May happiness and love fill your life - both day and night.

Well one of my favorite memories. I loved visiting Debra wherever she was living and we’d have so much fun as we did in San Diego. This was her idea for us to dress up as show girls and it was a really fun day.

This was Debra’s store in Meridian, MS. She loved it and it was a charming shop full of beautiful things but she was also known for these magnificent handmade wreaths she would design. She loved helping people design their homes.

Well this would be us 3 girls enjoying my first Christmas and I was obviously fascinated by Debbie even then. She continued to surprise and delight me her whole life.

Memories of Debra come flooding back:  Though she was a “world traveler “, she stayed in contact with her Beaumont family through the years.  Her visits, both before and after she married Steve, were always welcomed and fun.  Even after she became a mom, she found time to stay in touch with her long distance friends and family.  We’ll all miss her dearly.  Steve and the twins, you have my deepest sympathy during this difficult time.  Rest in peace, Debra.

OBITUARY

Debra Carlene Smith

June 28, 1952 – July 11, 2025

Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Chapel & Oaklawn Cemetery

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