E. J. Smalley
Marriages
Evelyn Faye Allums - December 14, 1950
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B - September 6, 2013
E.J. Smalley passed away in
Converse, Texas, September 2,
2013.
E.J. was born December 3, 1925,
to Earl Weaver Smalley and Mary
Woodward Smalley in Eakly,
Oklahoma where he grew up and
attended school. School was interrupted
when E.J. enlisted in the
Army, serving in the infantry
during World War II. After combat in Germany, he separated service
in June 1946. E.J. went back to Eakly where he farmed with his
father until being hospitalized for a year with war injuries. During
this time, E.J. met and later married Evelyn Faye Allums in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma on December 14, 1950. E.J. again served his
country during the Korean War in the Army artillery until May
1952.
E.J. and Evelyn farmed peanuts in Eakly, Oklahoma until moving
to Palisade, Colorado in 1959, where E.J. again farmed, this time
growing fruit. Farming was to be replaced by work at the Hilltop
Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado where he re -
tired in 1984.
After retirement, E.J. and Evelyn became winter Texans, living and
fishing in Port Aransas, Texas from 1986 to 2004. It is a long trip
from Colorado to Texas, and in 1996, E.J. moved back to his childhood
home in Eakly, Oklahoma. E.J. and Evelyn lived there until
2007 when they moved to Converse, Texas to be closer to their
daughter and son.
Preceding E.J. in death was an infant daughter; his parents; six sisters
and a brother.
E.J. is survived by his wife of 62 years, Evelyn; his daughter and
son-in-law, Donna and Roland Rowe of Converse, Texas, and his
son and daughter-in-law, Earl and Kelly Smalley of Houston, Texas.
Also surviving are two sisters, Pat Thompson of Yukon, Oklahoma,
and Willodean Bohahan of Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Services for E.J. will be held at Eakly Cemetery on September 6,
2013, at 11:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to Eakly
Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 322, Eakly, Oklahoma 73033.
