Theresia Marie Royer (Bellow) Smith, 78, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in a local care center.
She was born in Sulphur. She graduated from Sulphur High School and went on to Beaumont Business College where she received an Associate’s degree in business.
She worked for Dr. Daigle as a dental assistant for five years in Sulphur before she moved to Vinton where she began a career as a beautician. She owned and ran several businesses with her husband Chuck. She worked as a florist in Vinton for over a decade.
She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church for many years where she began the Puppet Ministry for children as well as being involved in the Clown Ministry visiting nursing homes, working with VBS and being in charge of the food ministry.
Survivors include her daughters, Sheila Bellow Burton of Vinton, Venus Vassar of Wimberly, Texas, and Dara Foreman of Williamsburg, Va; sisters, Amelia Gauss of Adrian, Michigan, Barbara Schepp of Lake Charles, and Diana Courville of Ragley; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorothy O’Blanc Royer and Clasmie “Strawberry” Royer; a brother; first husband, Calvin Wayne Bellow; and second husband, Charles Ray Smith.
Services were held Friday, July 10, at Hixson Funeral Home of Vinton. The Revs. Rick Watson and Rob Tibbitts officiated. Burial was in Niblett’s Bluff Cemetery in Vinton.
