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Sandra Sue Stout Smith

1 Jul 1939 – 11 Nov 2010

Birth1 Jul 1939
Death11 Nov 2010
Added byMillieBelle on 15 Nov 2010
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Piedmont, OK--Sandra Sue Stout, America's 1958 Dairy Princess who toured the country as a teenage beauty taking Super 8 color film with a hand-held camera, has died at age 71. Sandra Sue Stout was selected the American Dairy Princess of 1958. Stout died Thursday after a short illness, said her daughter, Jamie Belt, of Piedmont. The American Dairy Association chose Stout for the title during a contest on Oct. 13, 1957 that included 26 contestants at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. She wore a white strapless gown with a hoop skirt. In September 2008, Stout told The Oklahoman, "All of the girls from the south were truly good-looking southern belles. I never felt so out of place in my life." She had a swollen jaw from a toothache when she won the title, she said. "I didn't think I was going to win," Stout said. "The little girl from Louisiana looked like Marilyn Monroe." With the movie camera and a $750 allowance for a wardrobe, Stout toured the country and appeared on "The Arthur Godfrey Show," and "The Today Show." Her family still has the footage of her tours of cities, state fairs and conventions across the country. In 1959, WKY-TV in Oklahoma City, now KFOR-4, hired Stout to appear on the morning farm show with Russell Pierson. Stout was the daughter of a Piedmont founding family, Alvin and Beulah Stout. Mike Fina, Piedmont mayor and chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, said he knew Stout well. Coincidentally, Fina's mother, Barbara Schroeder Fina of Collinsville, competed against Stout for the Dairy Princess title that year. "Sandra and her family have always been very active in our community. The evidence of their generosity is visible all over Piedmont," Fina said. "She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her." In the late 1950s during her reign, Piedmont's population was about 1,000 people, Fina said. "She brought tremendous recognition to Piedmont because at the time we were really hidden out here," Fina said. "Oklahoma City had not built up that way yet, and here we had an impressive young woman representing us." A memorial service was this morning at Piedmont First United Methodist Church. (The Daily Oklahoman, Robert Medley, Writer, Nov. 16, 2010) __________________ Sandra Stout Smith, age 71, of Piedmont, passed away Thursday Nov 11, 2010 at her home in Piedmont. She was born July 1, 1939 in Piedmont and had been a life long area resident. She graduated Piedmont High School in 1957, one of ten graduates. She was named the American Dairy Princess in 1958. Sandra had worked as an administrative assistant. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Piedmont. Sandra is survived by her children James Belt, Jamie Belt, Buddy A. Belt & wife Kim, and Michelle Mulkey & husband Jim, her brother Jay Stout, grandchildren Landon J., Tyler M., & Cara L. Belt, Kane A. Russell, Megan R. Stark, & Blake Mulkey, and Shelby R. Belt, Emily L. Brown, & Erin L. Brown and great granddaughter Emerson J. Belt. A memorial service was held Monday Nov 15 at 10AM in the First United Methodist Church in Piedmont. Services are under the direction of Smith & Turner Mortuary, Yukon.

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