William Herschel Smith, 85, of Victoria, died Tuesday in a Houston hospital following a short illness.
He was born Feb. 10, 1901, in Bunceton, Mo., to the late Peter Franklin and Margaret Ida Cordry Smith. A retired carpenter, Mr. Smith had lived in Victoria since 1961, and was owner of Smith Carpet Cleaning. He was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church and of Carpenter's Union No. 1423.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Branch officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Edna Pauline Neale Smith; two daughters, Darlene Loughridge, Mathis; Dorothy Thompson, Corpus Christi; two sons, Thomas C. Smith, Victoria; William F. Smith, Houston; 11 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Thomas C. Smith, Jr., Gary Lassman, David Stewart, Tommy Staples, Jr., Albert Bazzy, Minor Smith, J. Wise, Dr. Theodore Thompson and Robert Bissey.
The Victoria Advocate-Wednesday, July 16, 1986, page 14A.
W. H. SMITH
Funeral services for William Herschel Smith, 85, who died Tuesday in a Houston hospital following a brief illness, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Branch officiating.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Thomas C. Smith Jr., Gary Lassman, David Stewart, Tommy Staples Jr., Albert Bazzy, Minor Smith, J. Wise, Dr. Theodore Thompson, and Robert Bissey.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund, or the Grace Presbyterian Church Organ Fund.
The Victoria Advocate-Thursday, July 17, 1986, page 16A.
William Herschel Smith, 85, of Victoria, died Tuesday in a Houston hospital following a short illness.
He was born Feb. 10, 1901, in Bunceton, Mo., to the late Peter Franklin and Margaret Ida Cordry Smith. A retired carpenter, Mr. Smith had lived in Victoria since 1961, and was owner of Smith Carpet Cleaning. He was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church and of Carpenter's Union No. 1423.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Branch officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Edna Pauline Neale Smith; two daughters, Darlene Loughridge, Mathis; Dorothy Thompson, Corpus Christi; two sons, Thomas C. Smith, Victoria; William F. Smith, Houston; 11 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Thomas C. Smith, Jr., Gary Lassman, David Stewart, Tommy Staples, Jr., Albert Bazzy, Minor Smith, J. Wise, Dr. Theodore Thompson and Robert Bissey.
The Victoria Advocate-Wednesday, July 16, 1986, page 14A.
W. H. SMITH
Funeral services for William Herschel Smith, 85, who died Tuesday in a Houston hospital following a brief illness, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Branch officiating.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Thomas C. Smith Jr., Gary Lassman, David Stewart, Tommy Staples Jr., Albert Bazzy, Minor Smith, J. Wise, Dr. Theodore Thompson, and Robert Bissey.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund, or the Grace Presbyterian Church Organ Fund.
The Victoria Advocate-Thursday, July 17, 1986, page 16A.
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