Seth Edward Smith, 99, of Carthage, passed away on January 26, 2017, at his home near Carthage. He was born on November 6, 1917, in Panola County to Marcus Holland Smith and Mellie May Wall Smith. He attended Carthage schools until the seventh grade and had to quit and help his father with the family farm. Seth married Alliece Hooker in 1941. He spent most of the next several years ranching, baling hay, and gardening. Seth and Alliece enjoyed traveling. Mr. Smith was a lifetime member of Macedonia Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 72 years, Alliece; and his brother, Wilton Wall Smith.
Mr. Smith is survived by one son, Don Smith and wife Patricia of Carthage; one daughter, Jan and husband Kent Hesterley of Carthage; two grandsons, Chad Smith and wife Rachel of Carthage and Marcus Durrett and wife Jodi of Anchorage, Alaska; special niece, Sammie Kay Smith Stewart of Sugarland; brother-in-law, Charles Hooker and wife Carolyn of Tenaha; sister-in-law, Floy Bousman of Nacogdoches; great-grandchildren, Seth, Sawyer, Shepherd and Stella Smith, Jaquelin and Mia Travis all of Carthage and Cobin and Tucker Durrett of Anchorage, AK.
Obit info from Lipsey Funeral Home, Carthage, Texas.
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January 27, 2017: Obituary source Findagrave contributor KD Burleson (#48596905).
Mr. Smith is survived by one son, Don Smith and wife Patricia of Carthage; one daughter, Jan and husband Kent Hesterley of Carthage; two grandsons, Chad Smith and wife Rachel of Carthage and Marcus Durrett and wife Jodi of Anchorage, Alaska; special niece, Sammie Kay Smith Stewart of Sugarland; brother-in-law, Charles Hooker and wife Carolyn of Tenaha; sister-in-law, Floy Bousman of Nacogdoches; great-grandchildren, Seth, Sawyer, Shepherd and Stella Smith, Jaquelin and Mia Travis all of Carthage and Cobin and Tucker Durrett of Anchorage, AK.
Obit info from Lipsey Funeral Home, Carthage, Texas.
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January 27, 2017: Obituary source Findagrave contributor KD Burleson (#48596905).
Seth Edward Smith, 99, of Carthage, passed away on January 26, 2017, at his home near Carthage. He was born on November 6, 1917, in Panola County to Marcus Holland Smith and Mellie May Wall Smith. He attended Carthage schools until the seventh grade and had to quit and help his father with the family farm. Seth married Alliece Hooker in 1941. He spent most of the next several years ranching, baling hay, and gardening. Seth and Alliece enjoyed traveling. Mr. Smith was a lifetime member of Macedonia Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 72 years, Alliece; and his brother, Wilton Wall Smith.
Mr. Smith is survived by one son, Don Smith and wife Patricia of Carthage; one daughter, Jan and husband Kent Hesterley of Carthage; two grandsons, Chad Smith and wife Rachel of Carthage and Marcus Durrett and wife Jodi of Anchorage, Alaska; special niece, Sammie Kay Smith Stewart of Sugarland; brother-in-law, Charles Hooker and wife Carolyn of Tenaha; sister-in-law, Floy Bousman of Nacogdoches; great-grandchildren, Seth, Sawyer, Shepherd and Stella Smith, Jaquelin and Mia Travis all of Carthage and Cobin and Tucker Durrett of Anchorage, AK.
Obit info from Lipsey Funeral Home, Carthage, Texas.
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January 27, 2017: Obituary source Findagrave contributor KD Burleson (#48596905).
Mr. Smith is survived by one son, Don Smith and wife Patricia of Carthage; one daughter, Jan and husband Kent Hesterley of Carthage; two grandsons, Chad Smith and wife Rachel of Carthage and Marcus Durrett and wife Jodi of Anchorage, Alaska; special niece, Sammie Kay Smith Stewart of Sugarland; brother-in-law, Charles Hooker and wife Carolyn of Tenaha; sister-in-law, Floy Bousman of Nacogdoches; great-grandchildren, Seth, Sawyer, Shepherd and Stella Smith, Jaquelin and Mia Travis all of Carthage and Cobin and Tucker Durrett of Anchorage, AK.
Obit info from Lipsey Funeral Home, Carthage, Texas.
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January 27, 2017: Obituary source Findagrave contributor KD Burleson (#48596905).
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