Freestone County, Texas Obits Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 23, 2003 Blanche Odessa Smith Blanche Odessa Smith, 83, of Amarillo died Friday, Oct. 17, 2003. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Patrick Carathers, of St. Hyacinth's Catholic Church, as celebrant. Arrangements are Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mrs. Smith graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Teague. She was a member of St. John's Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Garfield Smith. Survivors include a sister, Mattie L. Whiting of Amarillo; and numerous cousins.