Location: H-Garrett

Born: January 22, 1918 Scranton, Eastland County, Texas

Died: February 25, 1971 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
William Franklin Dodson (1877 – 1951)
Mary Ella Brown Dodson (1885 – 1925)

Spouse:
Paul Godfrey Smith (1918 – 2006)

Mrs. Paul G. Smith, 53,of Elm Mott, died at 1 a.m. Thursday in a Waco hospital.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at  Wilkirson-Hatch Chapel, Rev. James R. Clark, Rec. Edwin Crawford, Rev. Henry Brown, Rev. Clyde Self and Rev. Joyt Honeycutt officiating.  Burial in China Spring Cemetery.

Survivors are her husband, Rev. Paul Smith of Elm Mott; one son, Fred Smith of Irving; one granddaughter, Lisa Michele Smith of Irving; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Caron of George West, Mrs. O. F. Brown of Graham and Mrs. Howard Stone of Martins Mill; one brother; T. V. Dodson of Athens.

Active pallbearers: Owen Kersh, Paul Comer, Jerry Walters, Clyde Majors, Harry Circle, Martin Duvall, Martin Rucker, Rev. Bob Ross.

Honorary pallbearers: Members of the Waco Baptist Association.