Individual Details

Jessie Pearl Smith, 80, of White Deer, TX, died Friday, September 25th in Pampa, TX. Jessie was born July 21, 1935, in Snyder, TX, to Herbert and Lela Gordon Smith.
She received her Teaching Degree from Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM. She taught in Eunice, NM Junior High and went to summer school and received her Bachelors Degree. She later returned to Portales to teach P.E., girls basketball and was cheerleader sponsor for 16 years.
After retiring, she devoted her life to taking care of her mother, who had Alzheimers, for 20 years. She also worked for C.J. Pharmacy for 7 years. She loved to travel.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
No service is scheduled at this time. Arrangements are by Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger, TX.
Published in the Portales News-Tribune on Sept. 30. 2015

Birth	21 Jul 1935	Snyder, Scurry County, Texas
Census (family)-shared	19 Apr 1940	(Herbert Altemon Smith and Lela I. Gordon) Childress, Childress County, Texas
Death	25 Sep 2015	Pampa, Gray County, Texas
Burial		Portales Cemetery, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Father	Herbert Altemon Smith (1903 - 1986)
Mother	Lela I. Gordon (1903 - 1985)
Sibling	Ona Pauline Smith (1925 - 2003)
Sibling	Duane Altemon Smith (1928 - 2014)
Sibling	Mary Ella Smith (1930 - 2007)
Sibling	Lela Elizabeth "Icky" Smith (1937 - 2010)
Sibling	Jason Wallace Smith (1944 - 2006)

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