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Walter Truett "Ted" Smith

Male 1937 - 2022  (84 years)


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  • Name Walter Truett "Ted" Smith  [1, 2
    Nickname Ted 
    Birth 15 Aug 1937  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Jan 2022  Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Walter Truett Smith of Milam passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022 in Austin, TX at the age of 84. Truett was born August 15, 1937 was born in his grandparents' old farm house in Milam, TX to Obediah Hillis Smith and Elsa Hofmann Smith. The family moved to Beaumont when Truett was 4 years old. He attended South Park High School and after graduation attended Lamar University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting He retired in January 1998 after 38 years with the IRS as the Director's Representative in charge of the Southeast Houston region. Truett enjoyed hunting quail and dove with his Brittatny Spaniel hunting dogs, lazy days at the beach cabin Linda's dad had built, playing dominoes, clearing the woods on their property in East Texas, growing vegetables and resting on the porch swing. He is survived by his daughters, Julie Topolski and husband, Leonard of Pearland and Stephanie Carroll and husband, Bob of Austin; and grandchildren, Brandon Topolski, Trevor Topolski, Lauren Carroll and Emily Carroll. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 58 years.

      Visitation will be held from 1:00pm until 2:00pm Friday, January 14th at Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX. Funeral services will begin at 2:00pm in the chapel. Burial services will follow at Fairmount Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, please consider planting a tree in memory of Truett at arborday.org. Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home

      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 12, 2022, page 4
    Person ID I47545  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2023 

    Father Obediah Hillis Smith, Jr.,   b. 26 Aug 1897, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1980, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Elsie M. Hoffman,   b. 4 Oct 1897, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1989 (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Family ID F14220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Aug 1937 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jan 2022 - Austin, Travis County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), Walter Ted Smith, but listed as Walter Truess Smith in the 2019 obituary of his brother, Robert Perry Smith, and also as Truett Smith inteh 1956 Beaumot Texas city directory, a student at 1596 Pipkin (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Sabine, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04132; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 202-6 (Reliability: 3).

    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.).

    4. [S1696] Ancestry.com - Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database online].