birth: December 6, 1878
location: Pulaski County, Tennessee
death: November 18, 1947
location: Texas
father: Phelps Smith
mother: Sarah Jane Brownlow
spouse: Mary Etta Hodges
children with Mary Etta Hodges Smith:
1. John Bertie Smith
2. Blanche Loree Smith - 1909
3. Annie Etta Smith - 1912
4. William Glenn Smith - 1917
Bertie Phelps Smith, well known teacher in Henderson County for many years and former County Superintendent, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock at his home on West Corsicana after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Walter Floyd and the Rev. O.W. Hooper officiating. Short talks were made by Dr. S.R. LeMay of Dallas and W.R. Thomas of Athens at a request made by Mr. Smith prior to his death.
Masons served as pallbearers and were in charge of the services at the graveside in the City Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born in Paluski County, Tennessee, on December 6, 1878, the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Shep Smith. The family moved to Henderson County when Mr. Smith was four years of age and settled in the Leagueville community.
Mr. Smith attended the North Texas Agriculture College, where he received a teacher's certificate. He later received the A.B. degree at Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado. The degree was conferred by a son, J.B. Smith, now head of the Art Department of the University of Alabama.
Mr. Smith began teaching in this County in 1900, and taught in many communities. He was married to the former Miss Mary Etta Hodges in the Sand Springs Community on July 15, 1907, and they moved to West Texas where he taught school from 1907 until 1912.
They moved back to Henderson County in 1912, and Mr. Smith taught at Reid's Branch, Poynor, Chandler and Athens. He taught math in High School here from 1921 until 1944 when he retired. He was employed for a short time after that in the office of the County Tax Collector.
He served as County Superintendent from 1920 until 1924. He was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, J.B. Smith of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Glenn Smith of Fort Worth; two daughters, Miss Loree Smith of Dallas and Mrs. F.J. Stegall of Athens; three brothers, M.M. Smith of Frankston, S.D. Smith of Murchison and E.G. Smith of Lovington, New Mexico; one sister, Mrs. Wes Adair of Murchison, and five grandchildren.
From the Athens Review November 20, 1947
Burial: Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County, Texas
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25169-7414-67?cc=1983324&wc=MMTK-38B:n1169961812 : accessed 01 Dec 2013), Death certificates > 1947 > Vol 094, certificates 046501-047000, Nov, Harris-Hopkins counties; citing State Registrar Office, Austin.
spouse: Mary Etta Hodges
1910 census
children with Mary Etta Hodges Smith:
1. John Bertie Smith
2. Blanche Loree Smith - 1909
3. Annie Etta Smith - 1912
4. William Glenn Smith - 1917
Bertie Phelps Smith, well known teacher in Henderson County for many years and former County Superintendent, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock at his home on West Corsicana after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Walter Floyd and the Rev. O.W. Hooper officiating. Short talks were made by Dr. S.R. LeMay of Dallas and W.R. Thomas of Athens at a request made by Mr. Smith prior to his death.
Masons served as pallbearers and were in charge of the services at the graveside in the City Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born in Paluski County, Tennessee, on December 6, 1878, the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Shep Smith. The family moved to Henderson County when Mr. Smith was four years of age and settled in the Leagueville community.
Mr. Smith attended the North Texas Agriculture College, where he received a teacher's certificate. He later received the A.B. degree at Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado. The degree was conferred by a son, J.B. Smith, now head of the Art Department of the University of Alabama.
Mr. Smith began teaching in this County in 1900, and taught in many communities. He was married to the former Miss Mary Etta Hodges in the Sand Springs Community on July 15, 1907, and they moved to West Texas where he taught school from 1907 until 1912.
They moved back to Henderson County in 1912, and Mr. Smith taught at Reid's Branch, Poynor, Chandler and Athens. He taught math in High School here from 1921 until 1944 when he retired. He was employed for a short time after that in the office of the County Tax Collector.
He served as County Superintendent from 1920 until 1924. He was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, J.B. Smith of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Glenn Smith of Fort Worth; two daughters, Miss Loree Smith of Dallas and Mrs. F.J. Stegall of Athens; three brothers, M.M. Smith of Frankston, S.D. Smith of Murchison and E.G. Smith of Lovington, New Mexico; one sister, Mrs. Wes Adair of Murchison, and five grandchildren.
From the Athens Review November 20, 1947
Burial: Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County, Texas
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25169-7414-67?cc=1983324&wc=MMTK-38B:n1169961812 : accessed 01 Dec 2013), Death certificates > 1947 > Vol 094, certificates 046501-047000, Nov, Harris-Hopkins counties; citing State Registrar Office, Austin.
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