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Submitted: 4/9/21 • Approved: 4/9/21 • Last Updated: 4/12/21 • R406958-G0-S3
"Bud"
December 22, 1927-November 24, 1986
Walking on the King’s highway
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for W.L. "Bud" Smith, 58, 213 Goodnight, Fritch, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains, with Rev. Reyndal Russell, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, officiating.
Burial was in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors.
Smith died Monday following a two-vehicle collision northeast of Amarillo at the intersection of Hwy. 136 and Farm Road 1912.
He was a lab technician for 39 years for Phillips Petroleum Company. He retired in July 1986.
A native of Tell, Texas, Smith was a Fritch resident for 12 years.
Survivors include a son, Steve Smith, Fritch; a daughter, Debbie Brewer, Borger; two step-sons, Dale Gardiner, White Deer, and Wesley Gardiner Panhandle; one step-daughter, Sheryl Gardiner, Dallas; a brother, Bobby Smith of California; a sister, Mary Gay, Borger, and six grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, November 26, 1986)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: William Smith
Last Residence:
79036 Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 22 Dec 1927
Died: Nov 1986
Contributed on 4/9/21 by neldapat
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