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Delbert Lee SMITH

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

December 17, 1933-February 28, 1982

Beloved Husband and Father

Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
Delbert Lee (Duke) Smith, Jr., 48, died Sunday in Saudi Arabia as the result of a massive coronary.

His wife, Janie, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Witherspoon of Hereford.

Smith was an executive officer for Bevel & Co., a firm of Washington, D.C., architects, builders and contractors, in their Saudi Arabia offices. He and his wife lived near Al Khobar, Arabia.

Funeral services are being arranged with Gilliland-Wilson Funeral Home, pending arrival of the body from Saudi Arabia.

Survivors include his wife; four children, Douglas of Lake Elsinore, Calif., Mrs. Gary Wilson of Provo, Utah, David, a student at Texas A&M, and Jay, a student at San Marcos Academy; his mother, one brother, two sisters and two grandchildren.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 80th Year, No. 168, Hereford, Tx. Deaf Smith County, Tuesday, March 2, 1982, Page 2)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Debert Lee Smith
Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1933
Gender: Male
Birth County: Dallas
Father's name: Delbert Lee Smith
Mother's name: Lena Ethel Harrell
Roll Number: 1933_0007

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Delbert Smith
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Delbert Lee Smith Jr
[Delbert Smith Jr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1933
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas
Death Date: Feb 1982
Father: Delbert L Smith
Mother: Lena Harrell
Notes: Sep 1943: Name listed as DELBERT LEE SMITH JR; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as DELBERT SMITHBorn: 17 Dec 1933
Died: Feb 1982

Contributed on 8/31/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 8/31/22 • Approved: 8/31/22 • Last Updated: 9/3/22 • R534602-G0-S3

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