Individual Details
Elizabeth Harriett "Betsy" Smittle
(3 Feb 1953 - 2 Nov 2013)
Events
| Birth | 3 Feb 1953 | Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |  | ||
| Death | 2 Nov 2013 | from cancer - Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | | ||
| Accomplishment | She is the half-sister of Country Singer Garth Brooks. Smittle was a bass guitar player who toured with Brooks for several years. While she had a music career of her own, she did spend five years performing with Garth Brooks in his band in the early 90's -- she played bass. She also sang backup vocals for musicians Gus Hardin and Ronnie Dunn. She also released a solo album entitled "Rough Around The Edges." | ||||
| Burial | Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | |
Families
| Father | James Perry Smittle I (1924 - 1971) |
| Mother | Colleen Carroll McElroy (1929 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Jerome Paul "Jerry" Smittle I (1950 - 2006) |
Endnotes
1. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119763240.
2. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119763240.
3. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Smittle&GSiman=1&GScid=99406&GRid=119781261&.