Obituary: Willie C. Stith, 27 Sep 1897 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, November 24, 1897, p. 14, c. 3 STITH.—Willie C. Stith was born in Henderson County, June 29, 1860; was raised in Tyler; joined the Methodist church about eleven years ago. He was a skilled mechanic and engineer, and met death by accident with a train in Tyler, Texas, Sept. 27, 1897. He was a kind husband and father, and a good neighbor. He leaves a wife and little boy, and an aged mother, to mourn his untimely death. May they trust the God of all grace for consolation. G. W. RILEY.