He was born Sept. 14, 1933, in Roswell, N.M., to Albert O. Sr. and Muriel Tudor Smith. He graduated from Lorenzo High School in 1950. On May 24, 1956, he married Mary Jo Smith in Lorenzo. He was a member of Lorenzo First United Methodist Church. A farmer, he had lived in the Lorenzo and Becton areas all his life. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He is preceded in death by two sisters, Brooxie Anthony in 1986 and Betty Gail Smith in 1937.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo of Lorenzo; a son and his wife, Todd and Carrie Smith of Robinson, Texas; two daughters and their husbands, Sydney and Joey Nichols o f Petersburg, and Stacy and Jeff Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tenn.; two brothers; A.O. Smith, Jr. of Lubbock and Gary Smith of Panama City, Fla.; a sister, Pat Mankins of Shallowater; eight grandchildren, Jody and wife Leigh Ann Nichols of Lubbock, J'Rae, Taylor and Paige Nichols of Petersburg, Travis and Alyse Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tenn., and Trent and Tanner Smith of Robinson.
He was born Sept. 14, 1933, in Roswell, N.M., to Albert O. Sr. and Muriel Tudor Smith. He graduated from Lorenzo High School in 1950. On May 24, 1956, he married Mary Jo Smith in Lorenzo. He was a member of Lorenzo First United Methodist Church. A farmer, he had lived in the Lorenzo and Becton areas all his life. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He is preceded in death by two sisters, Brooxie Anthony in 1986 and Betty Gail Smith in 1937.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo of Lorenzo; a son and his wife, Todd and Carrie Smith of Robinson, Texas; two daughters and their husbands, Sydney and Joey Nichols o f Petersburg, and Stacy and Jeff Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tenn.; two brothers; A.O. Smith, Jr. of Lubbock and Gary Smith of Panama City, Fla.; a sister, Pat Mankins of Shallowater; eight grandchildren, Jody and wife Leigh Ann Nichols of Lubbock, J'Rae, Taylor and Paige Nichols of Petersburg, Travis and Alyse Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tenn., and Trent and Tanner Smith of Robinson.
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