Individual Details

Married Robert Lee Smith. Lived in Dallas TX
Graduated from Ladonia High School in the Class of 1928; May 30 1947 Ladonia News.

1930 Census. Dallas, Dallas, TX, Hh 232
Sidney A. Stephens, 29, married at 25, Operator, Street car
Edith A., wife, 25, married at 21, Teacher, piano
Bessie L. Fry - Sister-in-law, 21, operator, telephone
William A. Stephens, son, 2 years 6 months
Alma L. dau, 2 months

1940 Census. Dallas, Dallas, TX, Hh 61
Lived in same place in 1935
Bob L. Smith, 35, b. OK, Solicitor, Centrall Freight RR
Bessie Louise, wife, 31, b. TX, operator, Telephone

Texas Death Certificate #102323
Bessie Fry Smith died at St. Joseph Hospital, Paris, Lamar Co, TX on 14 Dec 1978, age 70. Her residence was 1295 E. Houston St. in Paris. She was born 13 Aug 1908, Ladonia, Texas and was a retired employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Her father was William Fry; her mother Alma Cooper. The informant was R. L. Smith, her husband. She died of congestive heart failure with diabetes and nephritis contributing. She was buried Evergreen Cemetery in Paris on 16 Dec 1978.

Birth	13 Aug 1908	Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Death	14 Dec 1978	Paris, Lamar County, Texas

Father	William Henderson Fry (1871 - 1944)
Mother	Julia Alma Cooper (1876 - 1953)
Sibling	Emmett Fry (1896 - 1965)
Sibling	George B. Fry (1899 - 1975)
Sibling	Edith A. Fry (1904 - )
Sibling	William Noah "Pete" Fry (1906 - 1977)
Sibling	Lena Frances Fry (1912 - 1914)