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Smith, Ethel Marie Crawford

Smith, Ethel M. Smith spouse of Wheeler

Location: N-Crowson

Born: June 10, 1906 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Died: May 6, 1996 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Richard Lorahn Crawford (1868 – 1951)
Martha Ellen Jay Crawford (1870 – 1945)

Spouse:
Wheeler L Smith (1900 – 1978)

Children:
Ezekiel Kirby Smith (1927 – 1979)

Ethel M. Smith, age 89, of China Spring, died Monday in a local hospital.

Graveside service at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 1996, at China Spring Cemetery, with Rev. Earl Lantin officiating.

She was born June 10, 1906, in China Spring and attended schools there where she graduated. She also attended Toby’s Business College. She married Wheeler L. Smith on March 21, 1925. He died Sept. 27, 1978. She was a member of First Baptist Church in China Spring and was active in The Women’s Missionary Union.

She was also preceded in death by a son, Ezekiel Kirby Smith in 1979.

Survivors include four daughters, June Smith Walker of Yorktown, and Kay Elliott, Sue Smith and Becky Dekle, all of China Spring; sister, Jimmie Ruth Golding of Hewitt; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

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