Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Mexia Daily News - Feb. 24, 2004 edition

Margaret Smith

BUFFALO - Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret LaVerne Smith, 69, of Buffalo,
were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Buffalo Funeral Home Chapel.
The Rev. Jerry Anderson, pastor of Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church of
Buffalo, and Craig Graham, officiated. Burial was in Buffalo City Cemetery.

Mrs. Smith, born March 26, 1934, in Venetia community (Leon County), to Shermen
E. and Ona Winstead Streater, attended school in Marquez and was of the Baptist
faith.

She was married to Earl Smith of Buffalo, on April 8, 1950. Although she was a
Homemaker for most of her life, she did work at several other places, including
a garment factory in Mexia, a glove factory in Fairfield, and in the cafeteria
for Buffalo ISD.

LaVerne liked fishing, and she also collected hummingbird arts and crafts. She
died Saturday in East Texas Medical Center at Fairfield.

Surviving are her husband, Earl Smith of Buffalo; a daughter and son-in-law,
Margaret Ann and Wayne Jackson of Mexia; a brother and sister-in-law, Douglas
Eugene and Cleo Streater of Marquez; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Odell
and Joyce Smith of Wichita, Kansas; a granddaughter, Tasha Tacker and husband,
Bud, of Wortham; a great-grandson, Jackson Tacker of Wortham; and several
nieces and nephews.