Dreigha Lynn Smith, daughter of Rickie Smith of Batesville, Arkansas, and the late Linda Hutchcraft-Montgomery, was born on August 27, 1971, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and departed this life on May 3, 2024, at her residence in Wappapello, Missouri, at the age of 52 years.

Ms. Smith was a former employee of the Missouri Department of Health in Butler County and she was a member of the Rogers Theater Stage Company in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She enjoyed art, and she loved horses, fishing, and gardening.

Along with her father, she is survived by her son, Cole Marshall Bearden (Sol) of China; by her grandmother, Doris Hutchcraft-Owens of Dexter, Missouri; by her step-brother, Bryan Kimmer (Crystal) of Batesville, Arkansas; and by her special friends, Bob and Debbie Libla.

Other than by her mother, she was preceded in death by her step-mother, Kathy Smith.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Internment will follow in Sadler Chapel Cemetery in Dexter.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.