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Dorothy Alice Busby Smith
3 Jun 1925 – 25 Jan 2016
| Birth | 3 Jun 1925 |
| Death | 25 Jan 2016 |
| Cemetery | Oakwood Cemetery Waco , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jennifer Norris on 13 Aug 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157495748 |
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Dorothy Alice Busby Smith, 90, of McGregor, passed peacefully on January 25, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., January 28, 2016, in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, with Rev. Chris Farrow officiating. There will be no visitation. Dorothy was born in West, Texas, to the late Franklin "Frank" Smith Busby and Alice Mae Thomas Busby. She graduated from West High School and went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Waco. On October 13, 1945, she married Howard Perry Smith in Waco, Texas. This would mark the beginning of 67 years of love and laughter. Dorothy was a charter member of Crestview Church of Christ in Woodway, Texas. She was a devout Christian and a committed and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed cooking, baking and studying God's word. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Perry Smith; brother, Frank Busby Jr.; and sisters: Inez Morgan, Polly Porter, and Mary Miller. Survivors include her daughter, Alice Diana Smith, of McGregor; sons, David Perry Smith and wife, Debi, of McGregor, and Randy Howard Smith, of Waco; grandchildren: James Howard Crenshaw and wife, Jessica, Lani Rust and husband, Mac, Meredith Cockrell and husband, Clint, Ryan Howard Smith and wife, Margaret, Morgan Smith, Lexi Smith, and Rainy Smith; great-grandchildren: Madison Perri Rust, Halle Rust, Boe Crenshaw, Abi Crenshaw, Khloe Smith and Cole Thomas Cockrell; other relatives and many friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 1/27/2016...A21
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- Doris Juanita Busby 1914–1915
- Inez Busby Morgan 1916–2005
- Frank Thomas Busby 1921–2011
- Mary Jo Busby Miller 1929–2014
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