Paul Talmadge Smith

Published 9:05 pm Saturday, March 15, 2014

Funeral services for Paul Talmadge Smith of Irving, Texas, are 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Jaynes Memorial Chapel with burial in Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery, Dallas. Jaynes Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Tuesday, March 19, 2014, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Jaynes Memorial Chapel.

Mr. Smith, 88, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was a long-time resident of Irving, Texas, before moving to Horizon Bay Assisted Living in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was born on May 4, 1925, in Brookhaven.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Braniff Airlines. Paul and his loving wife, Lucy, celebrated 66 years of marriage together.

Survivors are his wife, Lucy; daughter, Paula Smith-Cobbs and husband, Stephen; and his grandson, Philip Smith-Cobbs.