Extracted from The Diboll Free Press (Diboll, TX)
ADELL Smith
Adell Jones Smith, 78, of Diboll, was born May 7, 1929, in San Augustine County, Texas, the daughter of the late Pearl Mittie (Lakey) and Burton Jones.
She passed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at her residence.Services for Mrs. Smith were held at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Horace Fletcher officiating. Interment followed in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells.
Mrs. Smith was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, as well as a homemaker. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Wells, and had lived in Diboll since 1960.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Albert and Betty Smith, and John and Elaine Smith, all of Diboll; daughter, Eula Smith of Diboll; son, Howard Smith and Lisa Montes of Diboll; stepson and daughter-in-law, James and Thelma Smith of Conroe; seventeen grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Brady and Bernice Jones, Jim Jones, Ray and Pam Jones, Alton Jones and Roy Jones, all of Zavalla; sister, Christine Carson of Lufkin; special friend, Brenda Thomas of Diboll; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, J .L. Smith, and her granddaughter, Stacy Smith.
Pallbearers were Martin Jones, Burton Jones, Tommy Biggs, Luke Smith, Jerry Marsh and Ernie Jumonville. Honorary pallbearers were J.R. Smith and Kelly Ray Smith.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
May 7, 1929 - Nov. 14, 2007