Obituaries for Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Theodore ‘Ted’ Smith Jr.

Services for Theodore “Ted” Smith Jr., of Orange, Texas, will beheld at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapelin Orange.

Visitation is Tuesday from 5 until 7 p.m. at the funeralhome.

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Mr. Smith, 80, died Oct. 28, 2007, at Baptist Memorial HermannHospital in Orange. He was born on Dec. 21, 1926, in Brookhaven, toTheodore Smith Sr. and Ruby Case Smith.

He was a veteran of the United States Navy and served duringWorld War II. He was a member of North Orange Baptist Church forover 50 years; a member of Lions Club; administrator for LocalLittle League Baseball and active as a local supporter. He will beremembered as a loving and caring husband, father andgrandfather.

Survivors are his wife, Daisy McGrew Smith; his son GregorySmith, of Nacogdoches, Texas; his daughter and son-in-law, Lisa andMarcus Sherman, of Conroe, Texas; his grandchildren, Evan Smith,Blayne Smith, Charis Smith, Martha Sherman and Zachary Sherman; andhis brother, Ralph Smith and wife Doris, of Brookhaven.