Young Co., TX - Obituaries - Frances Dawn Smithwick McDaris

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The Graham Leader
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 

Frances Dawn [Smithwick] McDaris, 68, of Olney died Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, in
Olney. Services were Sunday, Aug. 8, at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the
Rev. Andy Graham officiating. Interment was at Restland Cemetery under the
direction of Lunn Funeral Home.

Mrs. McDaris was born Sept. 10, 1935, in Lampasas to the late Howard and Frances
[Metcalf] Smithwick. She was a graduate of Olney High School, where she was
active in band, mixed chorus and drama club. She was a charter member of the
Rainbow girls and active in her church, where she taught Sunday School and
vacation Bible school. She worked at Haggar Slacks in Olney as a hemmer before
attending the George B. Hamilton School of Vocational Nursing in 1967. She
worked at Hamilton Hospital in obstetrics and nursery. She was a private duty
nurse for a number of years before working at Olney Health Care Center, where
she retired in 2000. She was a member of the New Horizon Travel Club, Hamilton
Hospital Auxiliary, Cumberland Presbyterian Church and CPWM.

Survivors include two sons, Howard McDaris and wife Debbie of Burkburnet and
Michael McDaris and wife Jill of Denison; two daughters, Trachelle (Yvonne)
Holloway and husband Keith of Sherman and Carla Inge and husband Larry of Olney;
her stepmother, Maxie Mae Smithwick of Arlington; three sisters, Janette Ross
and husband Phillip of Frisco, and Regina Carnley and husband Boyd and Kerlene
Ross and husband Butch, all of Lake Kiowa; 10 grandchildren; and many nieces and
nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hamilton Hospital Scholarship Fund, P.O.
Box 158, Olney, TX 76372; Cumberland Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 756, Olney,
TX 76372; American Cancer Society, c/o LeeAnn Myers, 900 W. Edwards, Olney, TX
76374; or Hospice of Wichita Falls, P.O. Box 4804, Wichita Falls, TX 76308.