Individual Details
Mary Ella Smith
(8 Jul 1930 - 16 Nov 2007)
Mary Ella Phillips, 77, of White Deer, Texas, and formerly of Portales, died Nov. 16, 2007, in Amarillo.
She was born July 8, 1930 in Snyder, Texas.
She was a welder and a truck driver.
Survivors include three daughters, Sandi Bridgeman; Fredi Frank and Lesli Abbott.
Services: Noon May 4, in the Portales Cemetery.
Editor's note: At Phillips' request, her body was donated to science in 2007, and family members postponed services until her cremated remains were returned. Infomration: 806-665-2323.
Printed in the Clovis News Journal, page 3, Saturday, April 27, 2013.
She was born July 8, 1930 in Snyder, Texas.
She was a welder and a truck driver.
Survivors include three daughters, Sandi Bridgeman; Fredi Frank and Lesli Abbott.
Services: Noon May 4, in the Portales Cemetery.
Editor's note: At Phillips' request, her body was donated to science in 2007, and family members postponed services until her cremated remains were returned. Infomration: 806-665-2323.
Printed in the Clovis News Journal, page 3, Saturday, April 27, 2013.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jul 1930 | Snyder, Scurry County, Texas |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 19 Apr 1940 | (Herbert Altemon Smith and Lela I. Gordon) Childress, Childress County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 16 Nov 2007 | White Deer, Carson County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Portales Cemetery, Roosevelt County, New Mexico | | |
Families
| Spouse | Fred Warren Phillips ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| 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 | Jessie Pearl Smith (1935 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Lela Elizabeth "Icky" Smith (1937 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Jason Wallace Smith (1944 - 2006) |
Notes
Birth
Mary Ella SmithSex Female
Birth Date 08 Jul 1930
Birthplace Scurry, Texas
Father's Name Herbert A Smith
Mother's Name Lela Gordon
Census (family)-shared
Herbert A Smith Head Male 37 Texas - Janitor, high schoolLeila Smith Wife Female 36 Texas
Pauline Smith Daughter Female 15 Texas
Duane Smith Son Male 12 Texas
Mary Ella Smith Daughter Female 10 Texas
Jessie Smith Daughter Female 4 Texas
Lula Beth Smith Daughter Female 2 Texas
Death
Mary Ella PhillipsMiddle Name: Ella
State: Texas
Residence Place: Texas
Last Place of Residence: White deer, Carson, Texas
Previous Residence Postal Code: 79097
Age: 77
Birth Date: 08 Jul 1930
Death Date: 16 Nov 2007
Burial
PLOT Section D, Row 8, Space 24Endnotes
1. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V83T-1DL.
2. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6LV-1LW.
3. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJC-RVY.
4. United States Social Security Death Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSS1-T4M.
5. Find a Grave Memorial 109581200.