Roxie Smith Nance departed her loving family on September 19, 2022, aged 73. She was born on March 8, 1949, in Rising Star to John Oliver Smith & Sarah Frances Vinson. Roxie was a 1967 graduate of Rising Star High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in English from Texas Tech in 1971. That same month, she married the love of her life, Robert ‘Bobby’ Nance. She enjoyed several years of traveling the state as coach’s wife. She welcomed twin boys, Robert Scott & Joseph Gregory on August 17, 1977. Roxie enjoyed being a wife, mother, sister, nana, and aunt. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. John Smith and her husband, Bobby. She is survived by her two sons, Scott & wife, Wendy, Joey & wife, Stephanie, her grandchildren, Jago & Lola, her sister, Shirley Harrelson, niece, Laura Irrgang & husband, Adam, and great nieces, Violet & Piper. In keeping with her nature, her celebration of life will be a private event.

Services are entrusted to Heritage Funeral Home Davis-Morris Chapel.