Amos A. Smith, 87 A service will be at 2 p.m. today at the Pleasant Hill Pavilion, Armstrong, for Amos A. Smith, 87, Clarksville, Texas, who died Friday, July 23, 2004, in Paris, Texas. Presley Eddins will officiate.
He was born Tuesday, April, 24, 1917, in Caddo to Amos and Mary (Bray) Smith. He married Pansy Clement Sept. 23, 1937, in Caddo. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a bulldozer operator, farmer and rancher and worked for the states of Arkansas and Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by the wife of the home, sons Edward Mack Smith and wife Birdie and their children Donna Smith and her children Cameron, Ethan, P.J. and Crica, and Edward Mack Smith Jr. and Lisa Lewis; daughters Mary Sue Perry and husband Bill and their children Brian Perry and wife Brenda and their children Justin and Jensen; Nancy Marx and husband Dr. Stephen and their children Stephen Sawyer Marx, his child Ashley and Samantha Marx Batchelor and husband Wade; sisters Elizabeth Dowel and Matilda Ridley and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Coffey-Murray Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.