Obit of Smith Jr, Sam William - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 16 Oct 2005 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Smith Boyd Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1319 Sam William Smith, Jr. A memorial service for Sam William Smith, Jr., 45, Sulphur, was held Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Leveridge officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home. Born February 28, 1960 in Ardmore to Sam William Smith and Joann Boyd Smith, he died Saturday, Aug. 13 in Sulphur. A former Murray County deputy sheriff, Mr. Smith grew up in the Ardmore and Dickson areas, attending school in Dickson. He had worked as a mechanic in Ardmore and as a policeman in Ardmore and Wilson. He was a deputy sheriff in Murray County for four years. He had lived in Sulphur the past six years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the F.O.P. He married Debra Jones on May 25, 1976 at Ardmore. Surviving are his wife, Debbie, Sulphur; a daughter, Samantha Smith, Sulphur; two sons, Jeffrey and his wife, Jaime, Ardmore and Chad Smith and his fiance, Jennifer Loveland, Sulphur; his father and step-mother, Sam and Patricia Smith, Ardmore; a grandson, Dylan Wade Smith; a brother, Paul Smith, Tulsa and three half sisters, Cindy Stinson, Ardmore, Kathy Jones, Stratford and Peggy Whittington, Rose Pine, La. He was preceded in death by his mother, Joann Clifton; a son, Shane William Smith in 1979. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm