Arthur Smith Buried Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday, September 4, at the Bethel Baptist Church for Arthur McGee Smith.
Smith was born in Collin County, March 10, 1876, and died September 2. He had lived in Dickens County and Crosby County since 1891, and had lived in Spur since 1948.
He married Nora May Greer and they made their first home at Red Mud.
He was a member of the Kalgary Baptist Church.
Rev. J. E. Lee officiated, assisted by Rev. Wayne Grizzle, Crosbyton.
Survivors include the wife, two sons, B.A. Smith, Spur and P.E. Smith, Crosbyton, and two daughters, Mrs. Alfred Gilmore, Monroe, Oregon and Mrs. Jettie Scifres, Seligman, AZ. Eleven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren also survive.
Pallbearers were Z.Mayo, Henry Slack, C.A. Shipman, Floyd Degraffenreid, Tom Williams and J.L. Williamson.
Interment was in the Red Mud Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
©The Texas Spur; Thursday, September 8, 1960
Name: Arthur McGee SMITH Sex: M Birth: 11 MAR 1876 Death: 1960 in Dickens County, TX Burial: Red Mud Cemetary E-44 Note: Mount Zion Cemetery, Portales, NM - Miriam Smith Father: Tandy Walker SMITH b: 9 OCT 1849 in Pickens County, South Carolina Mother: Martha Jane BAILEY b: 14 APR 1849 in Tennessee
Marriage 1 Nora M. GREER b: 1879 in Texas buried in Arizona. Married: 1900 Children Alto SMITH b: 1906 Beveln SMITH b: 1907 Jettie SMITH b: 1910 Poney SMITH b: 1916
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