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Submitted: 4/8/21 • Approved: 4/8/21 • Last Updated: 4/11/21 • R406536-G0-S3
January 21, 1912-May 1, 2000
Loving Husband and Father
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - M.W. "Catfish" Smith, 88, died Monday, May 1, 2000.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Church of God with the Rev. Jonathan Back, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Smith was born in Snowball, Ark., and lived in Borger 50 years. He was a retired operator for Phillips Petroleum Co. and a member of the Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jessie Maybelle Smith, in April, and a son, Orlando Wilson Smith, in 1943.
Survivors include six sons, Johnny Smith, Jerry Smith, Carl Smith and Don Smith, all of Borger, Luther Smith of Bowie and Bobby Smith of Guymon, Okla.; four daughters, Etta Mae West and Pauline Farmer, both of Borger, Edith Barker of Tunnel Hill, Ga., and Helen Wiggin of Guymon, Okla.; a brother, John Milam of Hobbs; 36 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, Tuesday, May 2, 2000)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Maniard Wilson Smith
Death Date: 1 May 2000
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Maniard W. Smith
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 21 Jan 1912
Died: 1 May 2000
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Maniard Wilson Smith
[Maniard W Smith]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1912
Birth Place: Snowball Sea, Arkansas
Death Date: 1 May 2000
Father: Gold Smith
Mother: Oma Weaver
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: May 1939: Name listed as MANIARD WILSON SMITH; 04 May 2000: Name listed as MANIARD W SMITH
Contributed on 4/8/21 by neldapat
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