Maud Ellen Smyer, daughter of James Sidney Smyer and Dovie Isabell Whitener, was born January 09, 1885 in Whitener, Madison County, Arkansas, and died November 03, 1966 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX. She married Stephen Everett Black December 28, 1905. He was born June 12, 1885, and died in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.Children of Maud Smyer and Stephen Black are:
- 1. Juanita Black, b. December 04, 1914, Lorenzo, Crosby Co., TX.
- 2. James Thomas "J.T." Black, b. Lorenzo, Crosby County, TX; d. Lorenzo, Crosby Co., TX.
- 3. Dovie Mae Black, b. February 21, 1926, Lorenzo, Crosby Co., TX.
Services Pending For Mrs. Black - Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday night with Rix Funeral Directors for Mrs. S. E. Black, 81, a pioneer Lorenzo resident who died shortly after noon Friday in West Texas Hospital.Mrs. Black had resided in Lorenzo from 1909 until 1956, when she moved to her 2124 27th Street home in Lubbock.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. G. Moore of Lorenzo and Mrs. Juanita Caldwell of 3511 Slide Road; four sisters Mrs. Bertie Vaughan and Mrs. Grace Adams, both of Ralls, Mrs. Whitt Taylor of Lorenzo and Mrs. Altie Garrison of Corpus Christi; a brother, Guy Smyer of Arch N.M. and eight grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November, 1966
Submitted by Cheryl McDonald
Stephen Everett Black of 2124 27th St., Lubbock, died about 8:50 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, in West Texas Hospital. He was 86.Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the W. W. Rix Chapel. Officiating was the Rev. Claude Cone, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, and the Rev. Don Martin, pastor of Lorenzo´s Assembly of God Church. Burial was in Ralls Cemetery directed by Rix Funeral Directors.
A retired farmer, Black came to Lubbock in 1950 from Lorenzo, where he was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Caldwell of Lubbock and Mrs. Dovie Mae Moore of Lorenzo; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Lorenzo Leader, Aug. 31, 1971
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
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