Rhonda Smith

Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith, 40, of Coffeyville died Saturday October 7, 2006 in Coffeyville. Rhonda was born September 26, 1966 in Coffeyville to Bob and Brenda Phillips Perry. She attended Longfellow and Field Kindley schools in Coffeyville. She married Ricky Benfer and later
orced. She then married Robert Smith. Rhonda was a CNA and liked singing and dancing. She loved her family more than anything. She was the funniest person they knew and she kept her whole family together. She is survived by her two daughters, Nikita Benfer and Jessica Benfer, both of Coffeyville; five sisters, Robyn Wren, Kim Doty, Lesa Purkey and Debra and LaTonya Perry; three brothers, Ronnie, Jamie and Robert Perry; grandmother, Helen Phillips, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Brenda Phillips; a son, Rickey Perry; a brother, Richard Perry; and her grandfather, Wesley Phillips. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006 at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor James D. Wright will officiate and burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday, October 11 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home. The family will greet friends on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Lewark Church of God and may be left at the funeral home. Please visit www.penwellgabel.com to leave a condolence for the family.