Paul P. Smith, 84, of Nederland, the son of Henry “Jack” Smith, and Alice Jewell Ritter of Gary, Texas, died Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at his residence in Nederland.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2005 at Broussard’s in Nederland with Dr. David Higgs, and Rev. Bob Morgan officiating. Military and Masonic graveside services will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday evening at the mortuary.
Mr. Smith has lived in Nederland since 1947. He retired from B.F. Goodrich as electrical foreman. He was a fifty year member of the Nederland Masonic Lodge #1368, served in the U.S.M.C. during WWII. Also a member of the First Baptist Church in Nederland, and a fifty-five year member of the IBEW Local #479.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy P. Smith of Nederland. Children, John William Smith and wife Zelda of Oklahoma City; Sandra Kay Stiles and husband Kenneth of Lumberton; Sisters, Irene Campbell, and Madalin Nichols of Gary, also four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
