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Mary Esther Richardson Smith
4 Apr 1918 – 12 Dec 2020
| Birth | 4 Apr 1918 |
| Death | 12 Dec 2020 |
| Cemetery | Greathouse Cemetery Temple , Bell County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Randy Gibson / Greathouse Cemetery on 14 Dec 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170228250 |
Bio
Mary E. Smith, 102, of Academy passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at a Georgetown care facility. Mary will be in state from 2:00pm – 8:00pm Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple, Texas. If you would like to visit with Mary’s family, they will be at the funeral home between 4:00pm and 7:00pm Tuesday for visitation. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:00pm at Greathouse Cemetery in Temple, Texas Mary was born April 4, 1918 in Bell County to Harvey and Goldie McDonald Richardson. She survived two pandemics – 1918 and 2020. She lived all her life around the Temple area. Mary was raised on a farm near Seaton, graduated from Temple High School where she was a member of the tennis team. She married Chester “Chuck” Smith, the love of her life, in December 1935. She was his helpmate for 65 years. Mary worked on their farm doing any job that was needed, then ran Smith Grocery in Academy for 21 years where she also made sandwiches and hamburgers. She and Chuck worked with the 4-H club members and at the livestock shows helping any young people that needed them. Mary was a Sunday school teacher at Heidenheimer Church of Christ, a quilter, an artist, well known in the community for her pie, a homemaker, and a mother. She was preceded in death by her husband Chuck, a son James Chester; a great-grandson, Gus Smith; her parents, and all eight brothers, Hulon, Eli, Clifford, Preston, Buford, Louis, James and Marvin Richardson. Mary is survived by a daughter, Mary Lou Smith Garner and husband Mike of Pflugerville; two sons, C.A. Smith, Jr. and wife Susan of Belton and Tim Smith and wife Diane of Stephenville, 8 grandchildren; Jim Garner, Malynn Garner McVicker, Jeff Garner, Jennifer Smith, Chet Smith, Vanessa Smith Mason, Keri Behrends, Michael Norris, 16 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Ronald McDonald house or the Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin Texas. www.scanioharperfuneralhome.com Temple Daily Telegram. Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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- Ina Isolene Richardson 1902–1903
- Hulon Homer Richardson 1904–1987
- Eli Richardson 1906–1995
- Clifford Richardson 1908–1909
- Preston Richardson 1910–1992
- Buford Monroe Richardson 1912–2016
- Louis Richardson 1914–2007
- James Roy Richardson 1916–1917
- Marvin Richardson 1920–2014
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