Rev. Russell Allen Smith

1896 - 1964  (67 years)

• Name	Russell Allen Smith  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	15 May 1896	Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1964	San Augustine County, Texas
  Notes	Funeral Services Held Tuesday For Rev. R. A. Smith Funeral services for Rev. Russell A. Smith, 67, of San Augustine were held at the First Baptist Church in San Augustine at 4 P.m. Tuesday. Burial was in Liberty Hill Cemetery under direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home of San Augustine. The Rev. Carl Greer, pastor of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine officiated, assisted by the Rev. W. D. Sherman of Beaumont and the Rev. Clarence Howell of Hemphill. Rev. Smith died at home at 8:30 a.m. Monday after an illness of four years. He was a native of Fairmount in Sabine County. He was the youngest of 13 children and had lived in San Augustine since 1933. Rev. Smith was a member of the Baptist Church and was a school teacher in Sabine County until he entered the Navy during World War I. He served aboard the battleship Oregon in the Pacific. After the war, he was associated with Knox Lumber Co. in Hemphill. In 1932 this company merged with Temple Lumber Co. for one year. He became vice president of First National Bank in Hemphill in 1933. When the Hemphill bank closed in 1933, he moved to San Augustine to be in charge of the bank's service. He remained in San Augustine as vice president of First National Bank of San Augustine until 1938. In 1938, he joined Deep East Texas Electric Co-operative as office manager. In 1940, he returned to Temple Lumber Co. in Pineland where he was purchasing agent and logging superintendent in charge of all woods operations until 1956. In 1956, he became an independent pulpwood contractor in San Augustine. Smith had been a Baptist minister for more than 40 years. He served churches in Milam, Geneva, Campsprings, Bronson, Chinquapin, Denning, San Augustine, and had been pastor of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church for more than 17 years, until he resigned on account of ill health. Smith served as mayor of San Augustine in 1948 and 1949. During his term of office, the San Augustine Memorial Hospital was built. This was his main project during his term of office. He did not seek re-election. Smith was a member of San Augustine Masonic Lodge and served as district deputy grand master. Pallbearers were Hogan Fussell, Morris Thompson, Dr. C. R. Haley, E. A. Buckalew, Abb Howard, Albert Green, J. H. Wells, and Nelsyn Wade. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Smith of San Augustine; one son, J. L. Smith of San Augustine; one grandchild, Linda Joy Smith of San Augustine; three brothers, Obe Smith of Fairmount, G. S. Smith of Diboll, and Curtis Smith of Baton Rouge, La. ************************************** The Sabine County Reporter, Hemphill,Texas, Thursday, April 2, 1964 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)
  Person ID	I15862	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Hillis Smith, Jr.,   b. 20 Dec 1851, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana d. 6 May 1916, Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Martha Catherine Smith,   b. 2 Mar 1852, Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas d. 4 Jun 1930, Sabine County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1872	Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Family ID	F3455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucille Hoell,   b. Abt 1896
  Children	1. Judge John Luther "J. L." Smith,   b. 19 Nov 1922, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 May 2009, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F6094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 May 1896 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 30 Mar 1964 - San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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