Obituary - Merritt Stroud Smith, 2 August 1987, Coke County, TX

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Taken from a August, 1987 Observer/Enterprise

Smith

Graveside services were held in Nixon Cemetery in Nixon on Tuesday, 
August 4, for Merritt Stroud Smith of Robert Lee.  The rites were 
officiated by Javan Vosburg, Jr. of San Angelo and directed by 
Shaffer Funeral Home of Robert Lee.

Mr. Smith, 77, died on Sunday morning at West Coke County Nursing 
Home where he had been a resident since 1981.

He was born April 13, 1910 in Wilson County near Stockdale, Texas to 
Addison and Clemmie Stroud Smith.  At the death of his parents, he 
moved to Robert Lee at the age of 8 to live with his maternal 
grandparents, Merritt and Fatima Stroud, and attended Robert Lee 
School.  As an adult, he returned to the South Texas area where he 
was engaged in lath and plaster construction business.

Mr. Smith was married to Evelyn Webber in San Angelo in July 1938. 
The couple made their home in San Antonio until Mrs. Smith's death 
in November 1980.  Due to ill health, Mr. Smith moved to Robert Lee 
in January 1981.

His survivors include on sister, Cleora Davis, of Robert Lee; two 
nieces, Maurine Vosburg, Robert Lee and Ione Raymond of Houston; one 
nephew, Add Davis, Robert Lee; and a number of great nieces and 
nephews. 

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