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Visitation:
Family will greet friends from 11:00 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the
Jefferson Street Christian Church.
Service:
Private family services will be held on Saturday,
March 19, 2022, at Jefferson Street Christian
Church.
Graveside Service:
Monday, March 21, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. E.S.T. at
Valhalla Memorial Gardens in Bloomington, Indiana.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Reba J. Amerson, 83, of Lincoln,
received everlasting healing as she went to heaven
at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at Lincoln
Memorial Hospital.
Private family services will be held on Saturday,
March 19, 2022, at Jefferson Street Christian
Church.
Family will greet friends from 11:00 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the
Jefferson Street Christian Church.
Graveside Services will be held on Monday, March 21,
2022, at 10:00 a.m. E.S.T. at Valhalla Memorial
Gardens in Bloomington, Indiana.
A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on
Monday, March 21, 2022, at the Little Flat Rock
Christian Church in Rushville, Indiana.
Reba Joan Ridge was born on November 10, 1938, in
Bloomington, Indiana, the daughter of Orville B. and
Dorothy Mae Stillions Ridge. She was united in
marriage to Peter Frank Smith, III, on February 28,
1959. He preceded her in death on September 25,
1975. Reba later married David Amerson on November
1, 1981, and they were happily married for forty
years. He survives.
Also surviving are her children: Sally (Steve)
Smiley, St. Louis, MO; Patrick (Terri) Smith,
Rushville, IN; Craig J. (Brenda) Smith, Chillicothe,
IL; and Carolina (Carlton) Amerson, Madison, AL.;
eighteen grandchildren: Justin (Jackie) Smiley,
Sarah (Anthony) Harrison; Craig C. (Sarah) Smith,
Tyler (Brittany) Smith, Peter S. Smith, Johntel
(Megan) Smith, Latisha Burton, Alesha (Joseph)
Smith, Charmion (Jordan) Ford, Jordan Smith, Casey
Smith; Tyson (Emily) Smith, Tanner (Alexa) Smith,
Josiah Smith, Mikayla Smith, Devin Smith; Cortnee
(Joey) Womack, and Christian (Hailey) Tuttle;
twenty-three great-grandchildren: Laila, Hazel,
Eden, and Jemma Smiley; Liam Harrison; Ellie, Jack
and Cooper Smith; Kylee Fowle, Owen King; Kaiden
Burton, Pierce McClintic; Romi Greene; Chloe and
Ares Ford; Oliver and Hannah Smith; Dane and Ellowyn
Smith; Elliott, Dominic, and Gabrielle Womack; and
Clara Tuttle. |
She was preceded in death by her
parents, husband Peter F. Smith, and great- grandson
Aaron Harrison.
Reba graduated from the Bloomington High School in
1956 in Bloomington, Indiana. She was an
award-winning Administrative Assistant at Indiana
University for 42 years, where she blessed many
during her fulfilling career. She is a follower of
Jesus Christ, selflessly serving her Lord and
Savior. She was a member of Jefferson Street
Christian Church and an adopted member of several
other church families.
Reba loved spending time with her family, enjoyed
playing and watching golf, and she faithfully
cheered on her Hoosiers and the Cincinnati Reds. It
would be impossible to calculate the number of
baseball, basketball, football and soccer games,
wrestling matches, cross-country and track meets,
choral and band concerts, golf tournaments, horse
shows, gymnastics events, and church musicals,
Mom/Grandma Reba attended as #1 fan of her children
and grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Little Flat Rock Christian
Church or Jefferson Street Christian Church.
Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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