James Lyndel Smith

1941 - 2012  (71 years)

• Name	James Lyndel Smith  [1, 2]
  Birth	27 Feb 1941	Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Sep 2012	Kempner, Lampasas County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	James Lyndel Smith, 71 of Kempner, Texas died on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at his home, surrounded by his family. He died after a long battle with cancer. James, known as Lyndel to his family, was born in 1941 in Yellowpine, Texas to Robert Everett Smith, a Texas Ranger and Ellie Marie Edgar Smith. He had six siblings. He graduated from Hemphill High School and joined the U.S. Army. In 1960 he married Sudie LaNell Wilson and later made their home in Houston where he became a Captain in the Houston Fire Department. In 1987, James retired from the fire department and went to work as a police officer for the Houston Independent School District. He retired from that in 1997 and moved to Kempner. James is survived by Sue, his wife of nearly fifty-two years, his son Shelby Smith, his daughter Renae Brumbaugh, daughter-in-law Debbie Smith, son-in-law Mark Brumbaugh, and five grandchildren. He also leaves behind two brothers, Glyn Smith and Weldon Smith, and two sisters, Joyce Smith and Eyvone Reece, as well as nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his younger brother Robert Everett Smith, Jr. (Bobby) and his older sister Betty Sue Heisler. Services will be held at 10am Monday, September 24 at New Covenant Church in Lampasas. Burial will be at 1pm at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, TX. Donations can be made to the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation or the Arbor of Hope Orphanage, care of New Covenant Church. Funeral arrangements are by Sneed Funeral Chapel. A more detailed version of this obituary was published in the print edition of the Sabine County Reporter on September 26, 2012, page 9
  Person ID	I41351	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert Everett Smith,   b. 8 May 1914, Texas d. 3 Apr 1980, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Ellie Marie Edgar,   b. 26 May 1915, Sabine County, Texas d. 23 Nov 2000, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F6085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F12840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Feb 1941 - Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), September 26, 2012, page 9 (Reliability: 3). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.), shows county of birth as Harrison (Reliability: 3). [S739] Rubel, Dale (dalerubel@msn.com)"Charles Earl CHANCE Ancestors" Updated 2008-01-19 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=susanrubel. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 104176074 (Reliability: 3).