Tara Kathleen Smith

Tara Kathleen Harder Smith began her rest in the arms of Jesus on April 12, 2019, after being diagnosed with a rare brain disease. Tara was born in El Paso, Texas on March 22, 1959 to Blake H. and Doris Knight Harder. She grew up in Fayetteville and Hamburg, Arkansas where she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hamburg. She graduated from Hamburg High School in 1977 and attended The University of Arkansas at Monticello. She began her career with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration State Revenue Office in Hamburg and worked her way to Central District Manager in Little Rock, Arkansas. She worked for the state for 36 years. She loved her job and the people she worked with, especially her sister/friend. Her pleasant disposition and sweet smile will be missed by many. Tara is preceded in death by her father, Blake H. Harder; grandparents, John McCoy Knight and Thomas and Emily Hall Harder; and her mother-in-law, Ophelia B. Smith. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Sand Smith; her mother, Doris Knight Harder; her sister, Robin Harder Carraway; her grandmother, Helen Rudolph Knight; as well as aunts and uncles; Charlotte and Barry Thompson, Kenneth and Linda Knight, and Johnny G. and Ann Knight; also many cousins and friends. A visitation will be held at Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mount Olive, Arkansas on April 15, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. A service will be held at Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Mount Olive, Arkansas on April 15, 2019 at 12 noon. Arrangements are under the direction of Bishop-Crites Funeral Home, 108 North Broadview Street, Greenbrier, Ark. 72058, www.bishopcritesfuneralhome.com.