Florence Sybil Smith

1918 - 2013  (94 years)

• Name	Florence Sybil Smith  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	4 Oct 1918	Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Jan 2013	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	Obituary Sybil Smith, 94, passed away on January 9 , 2013 at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill, Texas. She was born on October 4, 1918 in Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas to William and Minnie McDaniel Smith. Sybil grew up in Fairdale, TX. which is now under Toledo Bend Lake. Her Great-Grandfather, Levi McDaniel came to Texas from South Carolina pre 1840. Sybil married Leroy Smith May 12, 1940 in Hemphill, Sabine County, TX. They were happily married for 42 years and two months. Sybil was a member of East Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church, and her husband Leroy served as a Deacon there for many years before his death. She enjoyed gardening, and was very talented at piecing quilt tops together and hand embroidering them. She loved sewing, reading, crafts, teaching vacation bible school and other church functions. She also loved to cook big Sunday dinners for her children and grandchildren; which usually included homemade chicken and dumplings and her hand battered crispy fried chicken and a table full of fresh garden vegetables from her garden. She was at her happiest when she was able to care for her family in some way. Sybil and her husband Leroy Smith opened Smith Auto Supply in Hemphill in1961. When her oldest son Roy returned from Vietnam in 1968 he joined the business and became the owner/operator after the death of his father Leroy in 1982. Sybil was preceded in death by her husband; Leroy Smith in 1982; her parents: William and Minnie McDaniel Smith. She was also preceded in death by her brothers and sisters: Noble Smith, Hillery Smith, Ferrell Smith, Will Smith, Lula Smith and Verna Smith Perkins. Sybil is survived by son Roy G. Smith and wife JoAnne of Hemphill,TX.; daughter Virginia Langford and husband Walter; son Larry P. Smith and wife Wanda all of Nacogdoches, TX.; her grandchildren; Jessica S. Meeks, Michael Smith, Jason Smith, Marty Aparicio, Eddie Marshall and Sheila Marshall; her great-grandchildren; Luke, Chloe, Daniel, Elizabeth, Alex, Tony, Jami, Courtney and Rachel; and two great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill January 12, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.. A visitation will be held at Starr Funeral Home January 12, 2012 from 12:00 to 2:00. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery in Hemphill. Courtesy of Starr Funeral Home Also published in THE SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, January 16, 2013, Page 12 (Research): Great-grandmother of Elizabeth Daniell SMITH born 27 December 2001. (Sabine County Reporter 8 May 2002).
  Person ID	I16005	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	William Edward Smith,   b. 23 Apr 1879, Survey Community, Newton County, Texas d. 3 Aug 1962, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Minnie Mozelle McDaniel,   b. 24 Nov 1879, Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas d. 10 Apr 1946, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1900	Sabine County, Texas   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F6036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leroy Smith,   b. 7 Jul 1917, Texas d. 12 Mar 1982 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Larry Paul Smith,   b. 1 Dec 1946, Sabine County, Texas d. 3 Apr 2018, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F6135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Oct 1918 - Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Death - 9 Jan 2013 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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