Funeral services for Kooper Jett Smith, 21 months, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2024, at Genesis Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Kooper passed away at 9:35 p.m., Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri.
He was born August 3, 2022, at West Plains, Missouri, to Harley Smith and Alex Harris Smith. He was an ornery, wild, carefree, sweet, and loving little boy. He loved being outdoors, and going for rides on the four wheeler and side-by-side. He especially loved picking on his brothers. Kooper was a busy-body, who would rarely sit still. He was always getting into something, but always knew how to smooth it over by laying his head right in the middle of your chest. He was very smart and a quick learner. He was independent, adventurous, and loved to explore. Although his time was cut short here on earth, we know he is in the arms of Jesus, where he will continue to learn and explore, and be his usual ornery and sweet self.
He is survived by his parents, Harley and Alex Smith, Caulfield, Missouri; two brothers, Layne Smith, five years old, and Kash Smith, three years old; three grandparents, Frankie Harris, West Plains, Missouri, Jett and Becky Smith, Caulfield, Missouri; six great-grandparents, Jerry and Vickie Israel, North Carolina, Larry and Joyce Smith, Bakersfield, Missouri, and Randy and Donna Spencer, Moody, Missouri; two aunts, Brynn Siklas, and husband Zach, Wynne, Arkansas, and Kody Simpson, and husband William, Caulfield, Missouri; uncle, Caleb Harris, Texas; and three cousins, Easton Siklas, Wyatt Siklas, and Mary Simpson.
His grandfather, Dwayne Harris; great-grandmother, Janice Spencer; and uncle, Jason Shermon preceded him in death.
Visitation services will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, South Fork, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
