Living

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The Sabine County Reporter
October 25, 1995, Page 14

J. Eldon Smith

J. Eldon Smith, 77, of Newport, Delaware, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1995, at his daughter's residence in New Jersey.

Smith was a native of Sabine County and had lived in Newport sinc 1955. He was a retired pipefitter. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and the First State Square Dance Club. He was also a member of the Little Fowler Masonic Lodge in Hemphill and High Noon Lodge 338 as well as York Rite Masonic Consistory and a member of Omar Temple in Charleston, South Carolina.

Survivors: three daughters, M. Frances Miller of Pedricktown, New Jersey, Gloria Faye Fritz of Columbia, South Carolina, and Letha Nell Payseur of Gastonia, North Carolina; a brother, Emmitt Smith of Pineland; a sister, Lucille Hair of Jasper; four grandchildren; seven step grandchildren; a great-grandson; and six step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, M. Lavon Gooch Smith, in 1988.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bethany Baptist Church in Newport. Interment was at Gracelawn Memorial Cemetery in Minquadale. Services were handled by Nichols & Gilmont Funeral Home in Newport.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

Joseph married Mildred Lavon Gooch. Mildred was born on 24 May 1916; died in Oct 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: William R Smith
event: Death
event date: 26 Jul 1958
event place: , Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
occupation farmer
Veteran? no
birth date: 22 Aug 1886
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: Joe Smith
mother's name: Dickey
Informant: Everette Smith
Cemetery Fairmount
certificate number: 47321
film number: 2115590
digital folder number: 005145678
image number: 01159
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," William R Smith, 1958

(Research):Census Records:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct 7
Enumerated April 8 and 9, 1930 by Sim McDaniel
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 1B
16-16
Smith, Willie R Hd M W 43 M 22 Tx Tx La Farmer
Smith, Mittie Wf F W 41 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Ona Dtr F W 20 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Helper
Smith, Everette Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Eldon Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Emmet Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Mittie Zeroine McNaughten. Mittie (daughter of George Washington McNaughten and Elizabeth Smith) was born on 26 Feb 1889 in Texas; died on 3 Mar 1975 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 5 Mar 1975 in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Mittie Zeroine Smith
event: Death
event date: 03 Mar 1975
event place: Hines Nursing Home, Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 26 Feb 1889
birthplace:
father's name: George Mcnaughten
mother's name: Elizabeth Smith
Informant: Mrs. Onie Ener (daughter)
certificate number: 37859
film number: 2243951
digital folder number: 005144724
image number: 00372
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Mittie Zeroine Smith, 1975

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 9B
155-155
Smith, Joe Head W M Nov 1861 38 m2 15 Ark Ark Miss Farmer
Smith, Ella Wf W F July 1866 33 m 15 5/5 Tx Tx Ala
Smith, William R Son W M Aug 1886 13 S Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
Smith, Sudie Dtr W F Aug 1888 11 S Tx Ark Tx
Smith, Margarett E Dtr W F Oct 1890 9 S Tx Ark Tx
Smith, Emma E Dtr W F Aug 1893 6 S Tx Ark Tx
Smith, Joella J Dtr W F Jan 1895 5 S Tx Ark Tx

Joseph married Joella Dickey on 1 Dec 1885 in Sabine County, Texas. Joella (daughter of Robert Jackson Dickey and Margaret Clark) was born on 30 Jul 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jun 1933; was buried in Clark-Dickey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 8B
133-133
McNaughten, G. W. Head W M Apr 1850 50 M 31 La Tx Ala Farmer
McNaughten, Elizabeth Wf W F Aug 1847 52 M 31 11/10 La Ala Miss
McNaughten, Ellis G Son W M Jan 1879 21 S Tx La La Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Ed D Son W M Dec 1880 19 S Tx La La Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Celia J Dtr W F May 1885 15 S Tx La La Farm Laborer
McNaughten, Mittie J Dtr W F Feb 1889 11 S Tx La La Farm Laborer

George married Elizabeth Smith on 10 Dec 1868 in Newton County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hillis Smith, Sr. and Zeroine Garlington) was born on 15 Aug 1847 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died in 1927 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]