Prince Anna Dorsey

Prince married Eugene Burton Smith before 1896. Eugene (son of Henry Green "H. G." Smith and Mary E. Williams) was born on 9 Sep 1872 in Texas; died on 22 Mar 1965; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of Sabine County's Myrtle Spring's cemetery, shows that his tombstone was inscribed:

We miss you darling but we know that you rest with God [Military Marker: Texas Pfc 227 Co MPC WW I] (Son of Eugene Burton Smith & Prince Anna Dorsey - Double with Clara Warner Smith)

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Name: Elzie B. Smith
Death Date: 10 Apr 1958
Death Place: Waco, Mclennan, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 60 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Aug 1897
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Eugene B. Smith
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Prince Anna Dorsey
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Geneva, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Geneva, Texas
Burial Date: 10 Apr 1958
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115362
Digital Film Number: 4163852
Image Number: 920
Reference Number: Item 2, cn 23377
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
Enumerated 22 and 23 Apr 1930
SD 20?-11 SD 19 Sheet 3A Stamped 125
43-45
Smith, Elzie B Head M W 32 M 29 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Smith, Clara Wf F W 24 m 21 Tx Tx Tx
Smith, Bettie J. Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx

Elzie married Clara Warner about 1927. Clara (daughter of Dud Ernest "Dudley" Warner and Sarah Candis Cousins) was born on 23 Aug 1904 in Texas; died on 24 Apr 1988; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a COOPER.

Notes:

No dates given on his tombstone.

Notes:

IVA BELLE SMITH ENOS
May 13, 2011

Iva Belle Smith Enos, age 99, of Crockett, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 in the Houston County Nursing Home. Mrs. Enos was born September 10, 1911 to Eugene Burton and Prince Anna Dorsey Smith, one of nine children and had lived in Houston County since 1946. She was a housewife and a member of the First Baptist Church in Crockett.

Survivors include Daughters: Lyz Leva, Pat Crisp and husband, Don, Sue Enos Edmiston and husband, Howard; Sons: James H. Enos and wife, Louise, Curtis R. Enos Jr. and wife, Glenna; Fifteen Grandchildren: Ron, Mike, Jenice, Gary, Chuck, Allison, Kelly, Parker, Lorin, Julie, Lisa, Patrick, Mike, Jennifer and Christopher; Eighteen Great-Grandchildren; Five Great-Great-Grandchildren; brother: Hugh Love Smith and wife, Era Mae; sister-in-law, Annie Lee Enos; Extended family, Shelor Edmiston ; Special Caregivers, Lenora Adams and Lynda Warfield; Numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Preceded in death by husband of 41 years of marriage, Curtis R. Enos, Sr. In 1987; daughter, Juanice Nolan and son-in-law, Sam Nolan; brothers, Elzie, Dorsey, Terrell, Earl, Clyde and sisters, Louise and Elaine.

Funeral services for Mrs. Iva Belle Smith Enos will be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in the Callaway-Allee Memorial Chapel with Rev. Reggie Gregory and Rev. Tom Spath officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park. Family will receive friends Saturday evening 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Library Fund or Monroe Crook House

CALLAWAY-ALLEE FUNERAL HOME in charge of arrangements

Family/Spouse: Curtis Reason Enos. Curtis was born on 11 Jul 1912; died on 20 May 1987; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
October 4, 1995, Page 16

Earl H. Smith, 81, of Geneva died at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in San Augustine.

Smith, a lifelong area resident, was born Dec. 17, 1913, in Geneva as a son of Eugene and Princeanna (Dorsey) Smith. He was a member of the Baptist church and retired commissioner in Sabine County.

Survivors: wife, Ruby Smith of Geneva; a daughter, Katherine Short of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; sons, Earl P. Smith of Beaumont and Harold Smith of Geneva; sisters, Iva Bell Enos of Crockett and Madie Anders of Macon, Georgia; brothers, Clyde Smith of Geneva and Hugh Smith of Corpus Christi, and J. T. Smith of San Augustine; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. James Bonner officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Geneva.

Pallbearers: Ed Ferrel, Bob Bourghs, Bobby Smith, Chip Smith, Donnie Crowell, Ronnie Crowell, Charles Goss, and Bobby Low.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

Could not find a record in the Texas Birth Index for Earl P. Smith, but did locate one for a Katherine Smith, as follows. Perhaps Earl was married twice? However, this may be for a different Katherine Smith, as the obituary of Ruby Lout Smith also shows her as the mother of Katherine.

Name: Katherine Ann Smith Date of Birth: 7 Dec 1933 Gender: Female Birth County: Shelby Father's Name: Earl H Smith Mother's Name: Katherine Evel Peirce Roll Number: 1933_0007

Additionally, a Texas Birth record was located for Kenneth Earl Lout, born 13 Mar 1957 in Angelina, to Ruby Jackson Lout, with no father listed.

Earl married Ruby Olivia Lout on 19 Jun 1943. Ruby was born on 21 Sep 1925 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 4 Feb 2009 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of Sabine County's Myrtle Spring's cemetery, shows he was a twin to Earl H. Smith. It is assumed, therefore, that he was born in 1912, not 1913, as is transcribed.

Sabine County Reporter
November 29, 2006

Clyde V. Smith, 92, of Geneva died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006 at Memorial Hospice in the Pines at Lufkin. Funeral services are tentatively set for 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill. Interment will follow at Myrtle Spring Cemetery in Geneva. Memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines Inpatient at 116 Raguet St., Lufkin, TX 75904.

From FindAGrave:

Clyde, of Geneva, was born to Eugene and Prince Anna Dorsey Smith.

He passed from this earth at Memorial Hospice in the Pine following a brief illness.

Survivors include his daughter, Alice Blackmon and husband, Jerry; son, Bobby Smith and wife, June; three grandchildren, Debra Peterson, Bridgett Jones Brilye and Clint Smith and seven great grandchildren; sister, Iva Belle; brother, Hugh Smith and wife, Eura Mae.

Preceding him in death was his wife of fifty seven years, Rosa Lee Conner Smith and son, Clyde Raymon Smith.

Family/Spouse: Rosa Lee Conner. Rosa (daughter of Starling Wesley Conner and Willie Lorena Edgar) was born on 14 Jul 1920 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1998 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed in obituaries of siblings as "of Corpus Christi, Texas."

Hugh Love Smith, Sr., age 98, of Corpus Christi and more recently, Boerne, Texas, died peacefully in the presence of his loving family on June 14, 2017. He was born at home in Geneva, Texas, in Sabine County, on January 18, 1919, to Prince Anna Dorsey Smith and Eugene Burton Smith. He was one of 10 children. His father was a farmer and later the Sheriff of Sabine County.



Hugh attended public schools in Sabine County, where he lettered for three years at Hemphill High School as an outstanding guard in basketball. On March 12, 1938, at age 19, he eloped with his beautiful, 16-year-old high school sweetheart, Era Mae Robbins. He bought her wedding ring, a gold band embossed with orange blossoms, at the drug store in Hemphill. The couple moved in 1938 to Corpus Christi, where they raised 'two children and each other' during the 76 years of their marriage.



Hugh's first job in Corpus Christi was driving a delivery truck for Samsco Supply Company, and less than a year later he landed a job with Southwestern Oil & Refining Co. (later to become Kerr-McGee). His career at Southwestern began as an unskilled laborer, and he progressed to pumper, operator, lab manager, and finally to the position of manager of marketing. During World War II, Hugh served his country by remaining at his oil refining job of producing fuel for military aircraft. He retired in 1983, after working for 44 years with the same company. He loved his job with Southwestern, and took great pride in his work and the relationships he built there.



Hugh was baptized in a creek near San Augustine at age 11 at a summer revival. After moving to Corpus Christi, he joined First Baptist Church downtown, where he participated in the Young Men's Bible Class, served as president of the Rufus Bryant Sunday School class, and worked with children at Boy's City and South Texas Children's Home. One of his most meaningful experiences was serving as an enthusiastic volunteer with Gerald Smith's Boy Scout Troop 11, for whom he presented the troop's first Eagle Award. In later years at First Baptist on Ocean Drive, Hugh enjoyed attending Vernon Elmore's Pastor's Class, served on the Property and Maintenance committee, and spent 10 years doing 'porch ministry' with Johnny Thomason.



Hugh was an avid member of the Corpus Christi Camera Club, and built houses under the name 'Hugh Smith Builder' for 15 years under the mentorship of his dear friend, Frank Peerman.



One of the most fun '96 albeit frustrating -- periods of his life was his 'golf era', which began in the 1960's with a foursome which played together for over 30 years, including John Wright, Carlos Hayley, Larry Lay, and later Henry Gillespie. This evenly-matched group loved being together and insisted that it was never too hot, cold, or windy to hit the links three times a week. While Hugh threatened to 'quit that foolish game' at least 1000 times, he reluctantly hung up his golf bag in 2006 due to health problems. A member of the Corpus Christi Country Club for 40 years, he served for two years as head of the Grounds Committee, and on the Board of Directors for three years.



Hugh is preceded in death by his parents, nine of his siblings and in August 2014, his loving and faithful wife, Era Mae Smith; He is survived by a son, Hugh Love 'Clipper' Smith, Jr. and wife Nona of Vicksburg, MS; daughter, Sylvia Ann Smith Griffin and husband Paul, of Boerne, TX; six grandchildren: Stephen Smith and wife Sherri of San Antonio, Jim 'Kelly' Smith and wife Kelly of Vicksburg, MS, Abney Smith Clardy and husband Trey of Mendenhall, MS, Robin Smith of Vicksburg, MS, Chris Griffin and wife Ashleigh of Austin, TX, and Cindy Griffin Carr and husband Brian of Boerne,TX twelve great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Hugh was delighted -- a mere ten days prior to his death -- to attend a family gathering to celebrate the birth of his great-great granddaughter with five generations together at one time. On that day, Hugh was able to affirm and bless his numerous family members and enjoy their loving company.



While Hugh's long life reflects many accomplishments, his proudest achievement by far was that of being a father to Clipper and Sylvia. He was a real 'Daddy' who was at home with his family every night and weekend. He took his kids to church, knew their teachers and their friends, and showed them by example what a life of integrity looked like.



Hugh was his most complete when he was with his best friend, soul mate and counselor -- his wife Era Mae. He loved to bring her coffee in the mornings, and in the afternoons with a little bowl of ice cream. If she was mad at him, she would get her own coffee '96 and that was the worst possible punishment she could give him! They used to love dancing, and they would have small tea dances with their friends in the living room, and the kids would peek at them, thinking they looked just like Fred and Ginger. They took wonderful, winsome photographs together and developed them in their own darkroom. They held hands. They could read each others' minds. They loved each other deeply.



The final years of Hugh and Era Mae's lives were spent living in Boerne, Texas at the Morningside Ministry at Menger Springs retirement living facility. They attended First Baptist Church in Boerne as long as they were able, and when they could no longer attend, they were visited faithfully by Pastor Mike Harkrider. The family is so grateful for the caring attention of many, including Shawna Barron, Bryce Boddie, Ulysses Flores, and Amy Castro of Alamo Hospice, Yessika Rodriguez of Nurse Next Door, Sandra, Sylvia, Monty and numerous others of the Cibolo House at Menger Springs.



A family Memorial Celebration will be held in Boerne, TX in late June with a graveside service held in Geneva, TX at a yet to be determined date.



Memorial gfts to the life and legacy of Hugh Smith may be made to CASA of South Texas at 1420 2nd St., Pleasanton, TX 78064 or Jacobs Ladder Learning Center, Inc. at 1017 Harrison St, Vicksburg, MS 39180. To leave condolences for the family and to view a video of Hugh's life, please visit www.ebensberger-fisher.com and select the obituaries tab.

Funeral:
A family Memorial Celebration will be held in Boerne, TX in late June.

Interment:
A graveside service will be held in Geneva, TX at a yet to be determined date.


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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 5, 2017, Page 5

Hugh married Era Mae "Sister" Robbins about 1938. Era (daughter of Henry Clyde Robbins and Era Inez Patterson) was born on 3 Mar 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Aug 2014 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Wendell Bonner. George was born on 12 May 1917 in Carthage, Panola County, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1968 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His middle name is shown as Windle on his Texas Birth Index listing, and shown that way for his father as well. But both of their death certificates instead use the spelling Wendell.

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Name: George Wendell Bonner
Death Date: 03 Jun 1950
Death Place: Huntington, Angelina, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 6 years 10 months 14 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1943
Birthplace: Center, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: George Wendell Bonner
Father's Birthplace: Carthage, Texas
Mother's Name: Elaine Smith
Mother's Birthplace: Geneva, Texas
Occupation: Child
Place of Residence: Huntington, Angelina, Texas
Cemetery: Myrtle Springs Cemetery
Burial Place: Geneva, Texas
Burial Date: 04 Jun 1950
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074493
Digital Film Number: 4166796
Image Number: 1156
Reference Number: N45511
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976