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Bettie Myrtle Smith

Female 1945 - 2019  (74 years)


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  • Name Bettie Myrtle Smith  [1, 2
    Birth 19 Apr 1945  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Sep 2019  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Dickerson Cemetery, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • Services for Bettie Myrtle Dickerson, 74, of San Augustine County, will be in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in Dickerson Cemetery in San Augustine County.

      Mrs. Dickerson passed away at The Summit in San Augustine, Texas. She was born to parents Harris Joseph Smith and Anna Belle (Crouch) Smith and was a lifelong area resident. Bettie helped many area residents and families while working as an expanded services social worker with Tri-County Community Action Inc. Bettie actively served in the churches of the area as a member, pastor's wife, pianist and other capacities and was also a vital part of the Central Missionary Baptist Association.

      Her survivors include her loving husband, Bro. William "Bo" Dickerson; two brothers, Robert Azriel Smith and wife Jeanette and Paul Joseph Smith and wife Nita; daughter, Karen Roxanne Dickerson Mills and her husband Alan Mills; a grandson, Shane Mills III; two granddaughters, Sarrina Jazmine Renee' Mills and Victoria Cheyanne Mills Humphrey and her husband Clayton Humphrey; a great-granddaughter, Cheyanne Humphrey; and a special daughter, Betsy Ross. During her time on this earth she raised or helped raise many of her nieces and nephews who she loved as her own.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, Harris Joseph and Anna Belle Smith, along with three of her children; two brothers; her only sister; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other family members.

      [obit courtesy contributor to FindAGrave: Bobby Sowell]
      Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 25, 2019, page 8
    Person ID I47617  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2021 

    Father Harris Joseph Smith,   b. 4 Jan 1903, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1978, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Anna Bell Crouch,   b. 14 Jul 1909, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 2000 (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1935  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Marriage officiated by Rev. B. C. Nulish
    Family ID F14249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Dalton "Bo" Dickerson,   b. 29 Mar 1946, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 2020, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F14250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Apr 1945 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Sep 2019 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), Memorial ID 202732799 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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 25, 2019, page 8 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1900] Ancestry.com - Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015 [database online].