George “Bud” Smith passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Westview
Healthcare Center in Sheridan, WY.   He was born in Hemingford, Nebraska
on December 7, 1931 to Earl E. Smith and Ellie I. Kline Smith.  George met
and then married “Ana” Anastasia D. Davis on October 29, 1950.

George was a member of the Elks and the NRA.  He loved the outdoors and
animals of all kinds.  He enjoyed building and maintaining the log home he
and Ana had built in 1994.  Airplanes and flying were great sources of
enjoyment for George.  He was raised on a ranch north of Ashby, Nebraska
in the heart of the Sandhills.  George loved all things “western” and those
things influenced and shaped him as a person.  George loved a good laugh,
stories and jokes, good food (beef) and his many friends and family.  To his
friends and family, it was common to hear him say, “Everybody doing okay?”
Their wellbeing was a great and genuine concern!

George worked on several ranches in the Sandhills of Nebraska.  He also
worked for Frontier Airlines from 1958 to 1986 in Chadron, Nebraska and
Billings, Montana as a Station Agent.  George was also a crop duster in
Dawes County Nebraska from 1959 to 1980.  George drove school bus as
his “retirement job” for School District 2 in Sheridan, Wyoming from 1994
to 2009.

George is survived by his sons, John Bruce Smith and wife, Amy; S. Brett
Smith and wife, Lora K.; brothers Robert E. Jamison, Burr Jamison, Dean
Jamison; grandchildren Ana, Peyton, Ed, Hillary, great granddaughter Ava,
many nieces and nephews and special friend, Diane Fuller.  He was preceded
in death by his parents, his wife, Ana, his son, Loren Dale Smith, brothers
Wm “Bill” Smith, and Boyd “Puz” Jamison.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at
Champion Funeral Home in Sheridan, WY.  In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to The Hub, 211 Smith, Sheridan, WY  82801.

Graveside services will be Monday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the
Hyannis Cemetery in Hyannis, Nebraska.

Online condolences may be written at www.championfh.com.  Arrangements
are under the direction of Champion Funeral Home of Sheridan, WY and
Bates-Gould Funeral Home in Alliance, NE.