DEXTER, Mo. -- Debra Carol Noland Smith, 60, died June 14, 2017, at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Born Nov. 26, 1956, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Carroll David Noland &
Helen Bernice Crest Noland Payton, she had lived in the St. Louis area before moving to Southeast Missouri in 1971. She had attended the Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter. She graduated from Bloomfield High School and received her master's degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She worked for the Missouri Department of Mental Health as a case manager with the Poplar Bluff Regional Center.
Surviving are her stepfather, Bobby "Pop" Payton of Dexter; two daughters and a son-in-law, Kristin and Gary Jackson of Kennett and Angela Hartline of Dexter; one son, Kyle Smith of Dexter; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Diana Gail Elsworth.
Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with Herman Morse of Dexter officiating.
Burial will follow at the Harper Cemetery near Aid.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com.