I am Angie Smith, Principle Broker of Angie Smith Real Estate. I was born in Marshall, Arkansas but lived in Arlburg, Arkansas located in Van Buren County. Arlburg, a once thriving farm and railroad community on the river, is still home to a handful of residents. Back then my mother was the post master and my father a farmer.



At age four I moved to Lute Mountain, another farming community, where I attended my first year of school in a one room school house. The school consolidated with Shirley Schools (Shirley, Arkansas) that had a population of 97. My mother feared the move to a “big school” would be difficult so she enrolled me in the first grade again.



In 1953 cotton farming was becoming a thing of the past. So in keeping with the wave of the future and to provide for his family, my father, Guy Cates moved his family to Flint, Michigan to pursue a career in the automobile manufacturing industry. One of the things I am most proud of is my resiliency and ability to excel in adversity. Moving from Lute Mountain to Flint, Michigan was a culture shock for an 11-year-old country girl; quite different than moving from Lute Mountain school to Shirley, to say the least.

I quickly realized that you can overcome any challenge with hard work and determination and found myself at the top of the sixth grade classes. I continued to excel in school and enjoyed the challenges that it brought.

After High School I studied Business at Mott Community College in Flint and Marketing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.

I married and was a stay at home Mon until, 1973, when I decided to pursue a career in Real Estate Sales and became licensed that year. While Real Estate was my passion, in 1979 the Flint area experienced a decline in property sales, so I decided to add retail sales to my resume. I got a job as the Jewelry Department Manager at a large department store, Woolworth. In keeping with my history of rapid success, within six weeks of being employed at Woolworth I was promoted to Personnel Manager. This move made me second in command over a $5 million a year operation with more than 150 employees. I accepted this challenge with enthusiasm and worked there for the next eight years.

In 1987, my husband retired from General Motors and I was finally able to return home, to the Clinton/Shirley area that I so dearly loved.

I worked for Fairfield Communities (Fairfield Bay, Arkansas) in various capacities including Personnel Manager, and then at the Community Club Utilities Department as Secretary. Around 1990 I became full time care giver to my husband who had cancer. Shortly after my husband’s passing I became care giver to my Father who then also had cancer. Five years later I began taking care of my Mother, who was also diagnosed with cancer. Both parents passed within a 6 week period. During this time I worked as a bookkeeper for a Jewelry dealer, Antique dealer and a Chiropractor.

Once my life began taking shape again, I returned to my passion, Real Estate in the area I so loved. I was then in a position to devote 24-7 to my profession so on my 60th birthday I received my Arkansas Real License. My first full year in sales I achieved the Bronze Level Award (over $1 million in Sales), second and third year I achieved the Silver level (over $2 million in sales) and the fourth year I achieved the Topaz level Award with Century 21.

At the age of 65, well aware that it is never too late to achieve success at new heights, I made the choice to further my Real Estate career and began classes to gain a Broker’s license. Taking the hard work ethic from my father and the love of home from my mother, I received my Broker’s license in 2008 and am now ready to serve all your Real Estate needs. I am licensed to work any where in the state of Arkansas and will be happy to serve you.

For all your real estate needs in the Clinton, Greers Ferry, Shirley, Bee Branch, Choctaw or Fairfield Bay area of Arkansas alongside the Greers Ferry Lake and The Little Red River, contact Angie Smith, Angie Smith Real Estate in Clinton, Arkansas at the west side of Greers Ferry Lake.

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