William Clinton Smith obituary

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Funeral services for W.C. "Smitty" Smith, 56 of the Old Longview Road, Tyler, will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Bill Eads officiating.

Burial will be in Wood Verner Cemetery.

Mr. Smith died Saturday in a Galveston hospital after a long illness.

A native of Texarkana, he was a truck driver for Carr Oil Co. of Tyler. He was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Smith of Tyler; two sons, James Powell and Arnold Powell, both of Tyler; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hickman, Mrs. Cindy White and Mrs. Kathy Dean, all of Tyler; and Mrs. Georgia Ann Welch of Brownsboro; his mother, Mrs. Sudie Cantrell of Antlers, Okla.; two brothers, A.L. Smith of Tyler and J.C. Smith of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Hague of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Faye Bridges of Ratlan Okla.; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Pallbearers will be John Williams, Dale Martin, Sack McKelvey, George Harper, George Freeman, and Johnny Richardson.

The family will be at 1402 S. Donnybrook.

(Obituary provided by daughter, Georgia Smith Welch)