Tarrant County - Obituaries - Dorothy Marie Howard Smith *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Coble Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Mansfield News Mirror December 15, 2006 Dorothy Marie Smith, 84, a retired VA hospital staff employee, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Funeral was Wednesday in Blessing Funeral Home Chapel, Mansfield. Burial: Mansfield Cemetery. Dorothy was born Nov. 26, 1922, in Britton to the late Janie Leone Griffith and Benjamin Franklin Howard. Dorothy committed her life to faithfully serving the Lord and will be sorely missed by her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Lester Gordon Smith, and sister, Bonnie Merritt. Survivors: Daughter, Patricia Elaine and husband, George G. Yust of Southlake; sister, Wilma Roper of Grand Prairie; brothers, Oscar L. Howard of Keller, Billy Frank Howard of Mansfield, and Bobby Mack Howard of Midlothian; and grandchildren, Jennifer Dyke of Houston and Christopher Yust of Southlake.