Hi:

I am looking for an obituary for Zella who passed away in Feb. 1989.

I am researching her dad Marion A. Smith buried in Nevils Chapel Cemetery of Titus County Texas.

Whom I believe was brother to my grandfather Henry Homer Smith.

Thanks,
Patricia

Here is an obituary for Zella's brother.




May 7, 2007


Ulon "Jake" Durward Smith

OPELOUSAS - Funeral services for Ulon "Jake" Durward Smith, 90, will be held Monday, May 7, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Sibille Funeral Home Chapel.

Interment will follow in Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas.

The Rev. Rod Reynolds will conduct the services

Mr. Smith was currently residing in Lafayette and died at 12:10 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007, at his residence. He was a past resident of Opelousas, a gunsmith, a watchmaker, and also an avid hunter.

He was a U. S. Army Air Corp Veteran of WWII and a Prisoner of War. During his military career, he was the champion skeet shooter. He retired from the Military in 1962 with over 20 years of service.

Survivors include nephews and nieces, Paul Newman and wife, Carole, of Douglass, Texas, Leon Newman and wife, Shelia, of Cookville, Texas, David Newman and wife, Donna, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, Sue Woodall and husband, Donnie, of Gilmer, Texas, Carol Baldridge and wife, Beverly, of Lafayette, and Coletta Baldridge, of Lafayette.

Mr. Jake was preceded in death by his parents, Marion and Della Smith; three brothers, Olan, Morris and Bernard "Monk" Smith; two sisters, Zella Baldridge and Velma Newman; nephews, James, Donald, Darrell, Michael and Clifton "Buzzy" Newman; and Clarence Baldridge; and one niece, Grace Baldridge.

Visiting hours were observed Sunday, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas. Monday, visitation will continue from 8 a.m. until time of services.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to LA Hospice and Palliative Care, 336 Heather Drive Suite 1, Opelousas, LA 70570.

Special thanks to Dr. Richard Harmon and his staff; and the entire staff of LA Hospice and Palliative Care, all of Opelousas for their care of Mr. Jake.

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas.
Published on May 07, 2007

If Zella passed away in Louisiana, perhaps you should be looking for an obituary there.

Social Security Death Index
about Zella S. Baldridge
Name: Zella S. Baldridge
SSN: 451-34-7502
Last Residence: 70570 Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States of America
Born: 31 Aug 1901
Last Benefit: 70570 Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States of America
Died: Feb 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)

Hi:

Thank you so much. I know a biological relative who will be so elated to get this info.

I am trying to connect my grandfather, Henry Homer Smith, as one of the brothers of the Smith Brothers who came to East Texas from Alabama.

Marion Zella's dad was one of the brothers.

My Uncle, Wister Allen Smith, lived to be 85 and my mother, Ethel Mae Smith, lived to be 87.

My grandfather died at about age 41 of T.B. in 1920 but there is no death certificate and I do not know where he is buried or where he was actually born as both censuses I found him listed on is contracdictory.

Anyway, thank you again.

Patricia

I found you family tree at ancestry.com. You have that Willie H. Smith died 20 Oct 1951 in Limestone Co. Texas. On Texas death records online at the URL below:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?...

I find that the father's name is given as J. W. Daney and the mother is Susie Middleton. On your site you have that her name was lock.

Also on the 1910 Navarro County and the 1920 Bell County, therre is a Mattie or Lucy Reddock who is listed as mother-in-law.

Needless to say, I am confused. I thought perhaps I could find a connection with the Smith brothers.

Marion K. Parker
wolfparker1957@gmail.com

My grandmother was Willie Hester Lock(e). She is living with Davis family of Hill County, Texas in 1900. Her sister married a Davis.

She married Henry Homer Smith in Coriscana, Navrro County, 1905.

Her parents were Missouri Ann Glenn (went by Mattie A. or Mary A.) and William Washington Locke.

Missouri Ann later married James David Reddoch.

Mattie and Henry and two children came back from Mexico in 1913. I think Willie stayed home because she was pregnant with Henry Homer Smith, Jr. who was born in 1913 in Coriscana.

They were in Sweeny, Texas, Brazoria County in 1918 as that is where my Uncle Wilson Bankston Smith was born in 1918.

They are listed on the 1920 census of Bell County, Texas. Some of the names are incorrect. Henry Homer Smith, SR. died I believe Feb. 11 of 1920 as I found a death record at the Bell County Texas Courthouse. The children's orphan records says he died March 11.

It also says he was born Sept. 11, 1871 in MS. but I believe he was born Aug. 10, 1871 in AL.

I found a Henry H. listed on the 1900 census of Franklin County Texas born 1871. He is listed as Henry H. Friday
but the real Henry H. Friday is living with family members two precincts away on the same census.

I believe this Henry H. Friday born 1871 is my grandfather who came with the Smith brothers from Alabama after their dad's death between 1895 and 1900.

I believe my grandfather is buried either in Mt. Calm Cemetery where other relatives are buried on somewhere in Belton or Temple or in between Belton and Temple as they were living halfway between Belton and Temple on the road between those two cities near a little town called Midway.

My grandmother died in the Mexia State Hospital and is buried in an umarked grave in the Mexia City Cemetery.

I don't know about what you found on Family Search. Maybe I accidentally put that in when I saw the hint from Ancestry, not realizing it was the wrong death date.

Anyway, I do so appreciate the research you are doing on my behalf.

Patricia