SMITH, Benjamin Ferrin (Bennie) 9/22/1903 9/7/1990 Born: Sep 22, 1903 in Panola County, Texas Died: Sep 7, 1990 in Crosbyton, Texas Father: Tom SMITH Mother: Sarah BALDWIN Spouse: Velma Olivia 8/8/1905 11/4/1991 Born: Aug 8, 1905 in Wooks (Panola Co.) Texas Death: Nov 4, 1991 Lubbock Co., TX Father: Northup Thomas ROBERTSON Mother: Huldie HALL Religion: Baptist Moved to Crosby co. in 1923 from Panola Co.Texas. Source: Adams Funeral Home Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Services for Bennie Ferrin Smith, 86, of Crosbyton were held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, 1990, in Crosbyton´s First Baptist Church with the Rev. Les Griffin, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
He died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 1990, in the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Smith was born in Panola County and moved to Crosbyton in 1923. He married Velma Robertson on Dec. 19, 1923, in Crosbyton. He was a member of Crosbyton First Baptist Church and the Downtown Bible Class. He was a farmer and a co-partner of M System Grocery until 1950, when he bought Modern Foods. He also worked at George´s Supermarket.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Willie of Crosbyton; four brothers, Claude of Carthage, J. Marvin and Curtis, both of Houston, and Thomas of Gary; three sisters, Eunice Hurst, of Pasadena, Calif., and Elma Lewis, of Deer Park, TX, and Kathleen Heaton of Carthage; four grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
Crosby County News & Chronicle, September 13, 1990
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
CROSBYTON (Special) — Services for Velma Olivia Smith, 86, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Les Griffin, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Smith died at 4:11 a.m. Monday in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Panola County and moved to Crosby County in 1923. She married Ferrin "Bennie" Smith on Dec. 19, 1923, in Crosbyton. He died on Sept. 7, 1990. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Willie of Crosbyton; four grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November 5, 1991
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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