Mrs. Sharon Kay Smith, 57, of Carthage, Missouri departed this life on Friday, January 27, 2012 at Sunny Hills Residential Care Center in Carthage, Missouri. Sharon entered this life on December 20, 1954 in Granby, Missouri born to the union of the late Gerald E. and Goldie M. (Maggard) Parker. She was raised in Carthage, Missouri and was a lifelong resident of Jasper County Missouri. Throughout her life she was a homemaker. She attended worship services at the Living Waters Fellowship Church in Stark City, Missouri. Her family was very important to her and she found great joy in spending time with them. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Rhonda Millard; a sister, Kathryn Patrick; and two brothers, Danny and Kenneth Parker. Sharon is survived by two sons, Ron Millard and wife, Pam, of Sarcoxie, Missouri and Mike Millard and wife, Rachael of Smyrna, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Zachery, Tiana, Arowyn and Remyngton Millard; three sisters, Evalyn Cleveland of Carthage, Missouri, Linda Cleveland of Sarcoxie, Missouri and Betty Maggard of Lamar, Missouri; two brothers, Ernest "Bob" Parker of Alba, Missouri and David Parker of Sarcoxie, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. A family visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 from 2-3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri. A private burial will take place in the Curtis Cemetery in Carthage, Missouri.