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Sue Dean Waldrop Smith

Jan 1930 – 18 Mar 2019

Birth	Jan 1930
Death	18 Mar 2019
Cemetery	Waldrop Cemetery Fair Play , Panola County , Texas , USA
Added by	KD Burleson on 19 Mar 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197656512

Bio

Sue Dean Waldrop Smith was born on Jan. 26, 1930, in Brooks Community of Panola County, Texas, to the late Melvin Gray and Bonnie Ester Gentry Smith. She graduated from Carthage High School in 1946, and attended Tyler Jr. College. She married John Lamar Smith, Jr. 1949, and they celebrated over 56 years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 2005. Mrs. Smith worked as the bookkeeper in the offices of doctors Wilson and Tucker for 12 years. The next fifteen years were spent living in Singapore, Indonesia, and Scotland with her family. One of her favorite memories from her time in Southeast Asia was knowing and working with missionaries. While living in Scotland, Mrs. Smith and her husband were involved in starting the International Baptist Church, now known as the Hillview Community Church in Aberdeen. Upon their retirement in 1986, she owned and operated The County Fair in Carthage for twelve years. Mrs. Smith enjoyed her retirement in Hideaway, TX and Salida, CO, where she enjoyed church, friends, family, and bible study. She had a great love for her family and they for her. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Felton Waldrop and a sister, Joan Waldrop Rogers.

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Family

Parents

• Melvin Gray Waldrop 1903–1955 FaG
• Bonnie Esther Gentry Waldrop 1905–1983 FaG

Spouse

• John Lamar Smith Jr 1926–2005

Siblings

• Felton Wayne Waldrop 1924–2005 FaG
• Joan Waldrop Rogers 1933–1984 FaG

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