Velma Louise Smith
She was born on December 19, 1943, in Portsmouth Norfolk, Virginia, to Talmadge Barton and Vera Mae McDowell.
Mrs. Velma Smith spent her working days as a Contract Specialist at Red River Army Depot, where she retired. In her free time, she enjoyed sewing, quilting, fishing with family, and playing card games with her family.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Maud, TX, where she enjoyed working with the Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box and Awana Programs. Her family described her as a strong Christian woman. She loved her bible study classes and all of her Sunday school classmates. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her father and mother, Talmadge Barton and Vera Mae McDowell; her husband, James Paige Smith; and son-in-law, Kelly Joe Brown.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Martha Brown; son, Roger, and wife Vickie Smith; grandson, Colton, and wife Taryn Brown; brother, Dean, and wife Shirley McDowell; granddaughter, Carly, and husband Tom Hawkins; great-grandchildren, Case, Hadley, and Avery Hawkins, and Taylin Brown; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery in Maud, TX.