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Submitted: 4/7/21 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R406208-G406207-S3
A. Greer
March 2, 1913-October 4, 2000
Annelle
July 20, 1913-August 31, 2011
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Albert
FRITCH - Albert Greer Smith, 87, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Brasher, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Smith was born in Newport. He was a retired operator for Phillips Petroleum Co. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a member of Adobe Walls and the First United Methodist Church.
He married Annelle "Nell" Shipp in 1940 at Newport. He was preceded in death by a son, Jack Greer Smith, in 1974.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter-in-law, Jane Viglini of Texas City; a sister, Ellie Zuber of Jacksboro; one grandson; and two step-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 638, Fritch, TX 79036; or BSA Hospice Life Enrichment Program, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001; or a favorite charity.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Albert Greer Smith
Date of Birth: 2 Mar 1913
Birth County: Clay
Certificate Number: 7185
Roll Number: 1913_0008
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Albert Greer Smith
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1913
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Newport, Clay, Texas, USA
Father: J O Smith
Mother: Bannie Sunal
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Greer Smith
Death Date: 4 Oct 2000
Death County: Potte
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: A . G. Smith
Last Residence:
79036 Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 2 Mar 1913
Died: 4 Oct 2000
*Obituary for Annelle
Fritch — Annelle Shipp Smith, 98, of Texas City, formerly of Fritch, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.
Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Fritch First United Methodist Church.
Mrs Smith was born July 20, 1913, in Newport to Lula and O.M. Shipp. After graduating from North Texas State Teacher’s College, Mrs. Smith taught school for one year in Newport, four years in Post Oaks, three years in Electra and 26 years in Phillips. She loved teaching and her students, many of whom have stayed in touch through the years.
Those who knew her will miss her great sense of humor and all her stories. Nell loved her Lord, her family and her friends and was faithful to them to the very end of her life. Above all else, she wanted this time to be a great celebration of life. She was also a lifelong member of the PTA, Retired Teacher’s Association, United Methodist Women and Twentieth Century.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Greer Smith; a son, Jack Smith; and a brother, John Shipp.
Survivors include two grandsons, Russell Smith and David Smith and wife Barbara; a granddaughter, Dana Mayor and husband Doug; three great-grandchildren, Matt and Jordan Monford and Jenna Mayor; a daughter-in-law, Jan Viglini and husband Bob; three nieces, Jane Morris and husband Lance, Barbara Ahlquist and husband John and Jeannie Ford and husband Pat; and a nephew, Rex Shipp.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 3, 2011)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Annelle Shipp Smith
Last Residence:
77573 League City, Galveston, Texas
BORN: 20 Jul 1913
Died: 31 Aug 2011
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