Bert Mayo Smith, 87, of Beaumont died Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont with cremation to follow at Broussard’s Crematorium.
A native of Merryville, Louisiana, he had lived in Oregon and Iowa before moving to Beaumont. He retired after 39 years as a Master Welder with Fisher Controls and was United States Navy World War II veteran.
He loved to fish Farm Island Lake in Aitkin, Minnesota and was an avid outdoorsman. Bert took an early retirement so he could take advantage of the fishing on Toledo Bend Reservoir.
He is survived by his daughter, Karen Williams and her husband, Randy and Sheila Smith, all of Vidor, and Jeanette Masters of Albertville, Alabama; sister, Helen Gillis of Vidor; grandchildren, Trina Warden of Mauriceville and Kristy Moorman and her husband, Andrew of Orange; great-grandchildren, Sheila Maxine McPike, Laura Nicole Perry, Christopher Douglas Long, James Anderson Perry, Evan Charles McPike, Tierney Alyse McPike and Skylar Cheyanne Moorman.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Masonic Home and School of Texas, P. O. Box 15040, Fort Worth, Texas 76119.