Hopkins Co. Tx - Obit for W. A. Smith

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W. A. SMITH, one of the best known citizens of Hopkins County, died at
his home on Gilmer Street, at the age of 64 years after an illness of
several weeks with a complication of disease which affected his heart.
For the past few days he had been suffering with pneumonia. W. A. Smith
was born in Harrison County in 1860, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith
who moved to Hopkins County the year of his birth. He has continuously
lived in Hopkins County since, spending the early part of his life on the
farm. At the age of sixteen, he began as clerk in a small county store
near Pickton, and for the first year worked for his board and clothing.
The second year his salary was raised to $20.00 per month. He continued
with this firm until a few years later when he moved to Como to accept a
more responsible position with one of the largest business establishments
of that place. In 1886 he was elected tax assessor of Hopkins County and
held that office for two years. He was later appointed city tax collector
and assessor of Sulphur Springs and also a member of the Board of
Aldermen of the city. Since its organization, he has been one of the
principal promoters of the Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association,
the largest establishment of its kind in Northeast Texas. He was married
to Miss Nep Alexander, and to this union there are four living children
as follows: Mrs. J. A. Dial, Minter Smith, Ben Smith, and Lester Smith,
all of this city. Funeral services at the family residence on Gilmer
Street, with services being conducted by Rev. J. Howard Williams, pastor
of the First Baptist Church. Interment in the City Cemetery. (Daily
News-Telegram, Jly. 15, 1924)