of Searcy, AR

August 31, 1949 - February 25, 2023

Betty Sue ''Susie'' Kopf died at home on February 25, 2023, holding hands with her husband and daughter. She was born August 31, 1949, in Calhoun City, Mississippi. She was the first child of Thomas Gale Smith and Marjorie Ann Riddle Smith. Susie graduated valedictorian from Bruce High School in 1967 and studied business at Mississippi College for Women and the University of Mississippi. While at MSCW, she met her future husband, Jim, who was attending Mississippi State University in Starkville. They were married in June of 1969. They lived in Oxford, Grenada, and Ridgeland, MS, and Searcy, AR.

Susie worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in the office of Rural Development for 28 years, in Grenada and in Jackson and made numerous friends along the way, seeing people as God sees them, helping them see that they matter. Susie was outwardly focused; the family thinks this was her greatest gift.

Susie attended both Southside Church of Christ in Grenada and Meadowbrook in Jackson for her adult years until moving to Searcy in 2020 where she attended Downtown Church of Christ. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in both Grenada and Searcy.

She is survived by her husband Jim, her daughter Loren Kopf Beason and her husband Clay, and her granddaughter Ann-Clayton Hayes Beason, all of Searcy, Arkansas; her brothers George Smith and his wife JoAnn, of Counce, Tennessee, and John Smith and his wife, Nancy, of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 17 at 11AM, visitation at 10AM, at Downtown Church of Christ in Searcy, AR.

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Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Daniel Funeral Home
411 East Race Avenue
Searcy, AR  72145
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