- Date Of Birth: February 7, 1939
- Date Of Death: April 23, 2013
- State: Texas
Mildred A. Smith, February 7, 1939 – April 23, 2013.
Mildred Anita Smith, 74, of Belton. Mrs. Smith passed from this life Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in a Temple nursing center. Mrs. Smith was born February 7, 1939, in Ft. Worth, the daughter of G. B. Weaks and Bessie M. (Grider) Weaks. She married Thomas Gene Smith, June 16, 1956 in Belton. She was a member of the Sweet Adelines Chisholm Trail Barbershop Chorus and Alamo Metro Chorus chapters. She also enjoyed volunteering for Helping Hands Ministry, Angel Tree and Apple Tree Projects.
She was a member of the Temple Garden Club. She was a long time member of the First Church of the Nazarene-Belton. She worked for many years in food service and retired in 2004 from Young World Kindergarten. Mrs. Smith loved to sing and was frequently asked to sing along with her family for weddings, reunions, church, and other social events. Being musically-inclined, she could play the organ and guitar.
She had been known to take up the banjo and fiddle in her younger life. She had lately tried her hand at oil painting, adding to the talent among her artistic siblings. Mrs. Smith loved to cook; her chicken and dressing was regularly requested at Thanksgiving functions. Having a sunny disposition, Mrs. Smith was cheerful even up through the time of her stay at the Weston Inn nursing facility. She was happy and friendly toward all her care-givers, always trying to make them feel good about the work they did.
She never lost her sense of humor. As a mother and grandmother, she was deeply interested and concerned with her family’s lives, demonstrating her love toward them in various ways. Mrs. Smith is preceded in death by her husband Thomas G. Smith May 9, 2005, her parents, two brothers A. L. “Sonny” Weaks and Marvin Weaks. Survivors include four daughters Karen Warehime of Georgetown, Donna Bird of Troy, Mary Walker of Temple and Jill Flanary of Lindale; one son John Smith of Roanoke; one brother Charles Roy Weaks of Cameron and one sister Rita Dodge of Temple; 18 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
