Individual Details

Claude Chester Smart

(July 24, 1920 - September 27, 1999)

Funeral Services for Claude C. Smart, of Cumby, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Hall officiating. Interment will follow in Restlawn Memorial Park with Pallbearers being Jackie Moore, Chester Lewis Moore, Thomas Raymond Smart, Donald Smart, Marvin Smart Jr. and Randy Joe Hein. Smart passed away at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, in the V.A. Hospital in Dallas. He was born on July 24, 1920, in Mason, Texas, to Harvey and Lena Griffith Smart. He was returned from Millwright and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He married Bessie Lorrayne Baugh; she preceded him in death in 1964. He married Ruth Smith; she preceded him in death in 1989. Survivors include: daughter, Gladys Waunelle Laird of Greencoat Springs, Fla.; sons, Clinton Ray Smart of Midlothian, Claude Duane Smart of Matslick, Ky., and Ernest Lee Smart; brothers, Ben Smart of Sadler, E.B. Smart of Tucson, Ariz., and Marvin Smart of Lockland, Okla.; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers.

Events

BirthJuly 24, 1920Mason, Mason County, Texas
Marriage1939Bessie Lorrayne Baugh
MarriageMay 14, 1966Ruth Erain Smith
DeathSeptember 27, 1999Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
BurialOctober 1, 1999Restlawn Memorial Park, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas
MarriageJoAnn Tarwater

Families

SpouseBessie Lorrayne Baugh (1921 - 1964)
ChildGladys Waunell Smart (1941 - )
ChildClinton Ray "Clint" Smart (1943 - )
ChildClaude Duane Smart (1945 - )
ChildErnest Lee Smart (adopted) (1955 - )
SpouseRuth Erain Smith (1924 - 1989)
SpouseJoAnn Tarwater ( - )
FatherHarvey "Harve" Reben Smart (1885 - 1959)
MotherLena Maude Griffith (1895 - 1964)
SiblingDorothy Evelyn Smart (1922 - 1992)
SiblingLeRoy Smart (1924 - 1962)
SiblingLeonard Smart (1926 - )
SiblingEsther Mae Smart (1927 - 1997)
SiblingHester Fay Smart (1927 - 1931)
SiblingLester Ray Smart (1928 - 1928)
SiblingPerry Rubin Smart (1930 - 1980)
SiblingEra H. Smart (1930 - 2011)
SiblingMarvin Ernest Smart (1933 - )
SiblingJohn Daymond Smart (1935 - )