William Edward Smith was born on 16. Sep. 1892 at Texas. He was the son of
William Wallace Smith and
Emma R. Posey. William Edward Smith married
Minnie Ethel Caldwell, daughter of
William Hugh Caldwell and
Minnie Emma Paschale. William Edward Smith died on 27. May. 1973 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 80.
Texas Mesquiter 31 May 1973
William Edward Smith
Funeral services were held Monday for William Edward Smith, 81, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Louis Hodges and Rev. Jack Nevens officiating. Interment was in Long Creek Cemetery.
He died Sunday in Dallas. Born in the Tripp Community, he retired in 1957 after 30 years as meter reader for Lone Star Gas Company. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church for 52 years and served in Europe with the U.S. Army’s 36th Infantry Division during World War I.
Survivors are wife, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mesquite; brothers, Henry Smith, Mesquite, Charley Smith, Theodore B. Smith; sister, Mrs Lola LeMaster, all of Dallas. He was buried at Long Creek Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas.