Bettie Myrtle Smith

1945 - 2019  (74 years)

• Name	Bettie Myrtle Smith  [1, 2]
  Born	19 Apr 1945	San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Sep 2019	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Buried	Dickerson Cemetery, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [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 ,   d. 10 Feb 1978, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Anna Bell Crouch,   b. 14 Jul 1909, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 25 Jan 2000  (Age 90 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1935	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [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 ,   d. 29 May 2020, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas  (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F14250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Apr 1945 - San Augustine County, Texas Died - 3 Sep 2019 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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