Dovie Adele Smith

1926 - 2020  (93 years)

• Name	Dovie Adele Smith  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	19 Sep 1926	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 May 2020	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 3]
  Burial	Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 3]
  Notes	Dovie Renfroe, 93, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Saturday, May, 9, 2020, in her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 19, 1926 in San Augustine to the late Nay and Ethel Mathews Smith. She married Dick Renfroe and shared many wonderful years with him until his passing. Dovie owned and operated Art Flowers and Gift Shop for many years until her retirement. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all that had the great honor of knowing her. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Wanda Eckols of Georgetown, Texas; four grandchildren, Cyndye Hilliard and her husband Kenny of Nacogdoches, Texas, Cristy Prude and her husband Price of Magnolia, Texas, Ashley Adams of Houston, Texas, and Blake Eckols of Roanoak, Texas; seven great-grandchildren, Conner Sebesta, Randi Fletcher, Liam Hilliard, Addison Prude, Hudson Prude, Roman Blake Eckols, and Brooklynn Eckols; two sisters, Mildred Scarborough of Lumberton, Texas, and Loretta Richards of San Augustine, Texas. Dovie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dick Renfroe; her son, Lynn Renfroe; brothers, Herman Smith, Walter Smith, Nay Smith, and Charles Ray "Buddy" Smith; and two sisters, Verna Taylor and Lizzie Mae Braniff. Services will be held Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Chandler officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 11, 2020 at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home. Downloaded from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Also published in The Sabine County Reporter on May 13, 2020, page 4
  Person ID	I47774	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Nay W. Smith,   b. 4 Dec 1891, Texas d. 2 Mar 1964 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Ethel "Mattie" Mathews,   b. 3 Nov 1897, Texas d. 25 Sep 1996 (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1916  [2, 4]
  Family ID	F13985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruel Clevington "Dick" Renfroe,   b. 19 Mar 1919   d. 25 Nov 1995 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1947  [3]
  Family ID	F14307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Sep 1926 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Death - 9 May 2020 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Burial - - Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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