Location: R-Williams

Born: August 26, 1913 Coryell County, Texas

Died: July 8, 1981 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Robert Lee Smith (1877 – 1959)
Cora Iva Smith Smith (1889 – 1965)

Spouse:
Bessie Louise Stubblefield Smith (1919 – 2003)

Children:
Doris M Smith Hodges (1937 – 1999)
Donald Bradford Smith (1948 – ____)

Ira Bradford Smith, 67, of Waco, a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Waco, died Wednesday in a local hospital.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. today (July 9, 1981) at Connally Compton Downtown Chapel, the Rev. Otis Watson officiating. Burial will be in China Spring Cemetery.

Mr. Smith was born Aug. 26, 1913 in Coryell County. Her farmed in China Spring most of his life and was a member of Parkview Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Smith; three daughters, Mrs. June Powers of Valley Mills and Mrs. Dorris Hodges and Mrs. Jeaneen McNeely, both of Waco; three sons, Donald B. Smith and Roger D. Smith, both of Waco and Aubrey Ray Smith of Angleton; four sisters, Mrs. Virgie Gatlin and Mrs. Willie Dean Moore, both of Waco, Mrs. Margie Williams of Oklahoma and Mrs. Loraine Clemens of Crawford; a brother, Talbert Smith of Waco; 19 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.