McMinnville resident and Warren County native Betty Jean “Gurney” Smith, 88, was born Nov. 14, 1925 and died Oct. 12 following a brief illness. Retired from McMinnville Garment and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Johnathan Lloyd and Allie Louise McCormick Stanley. She was married April 26, 1950 to Robert C. Smith, who preceded her in death on June 13, 1983.