In loving Memory
Fannie O. Smith
Little Sister
December 12, 1912
February 8, 2014
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Birth: Nov. 20, 1912
Willis, Montgomery County,Texas, USA
Death: Feb. 8, 2014
Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Fannie Ola Smith
TEXAS CITY-Fannie Ola Smith, 101, departed this life on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the young age of 101. She lived a beautiful life.
Fannie was born to Monroe and Lucy Pollard Smith on December 20, 1912, in Willis, Texas. She was a charter member of Gethsemane Baptist Church and served until her health failed.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Smith; parents, seven siblings; nephew, Donald Evans; nieces; Zona Loving and Lucy Allen.
Fannie leaves to cherished memories with her family, niece: Mary Ann Sandles (Esse) of Texas City; great nieces: Steffanie Sandles of Dallas, Texas and Grace Sandles of Galveston, Texas and a host of friends.
Visitation will begin Friday, February 14th at 5 PM, followed by a wake from 6-7 PM at Fields-Johnson Family Mortuary. A Homegoing Celebration of her life will be held on Saturday February 15, 2014, at 1:00 PM, at held at Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church, with Pastor Norman V. Johnson, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Rising Star Cemetery in La Marque, Texas.
Special thanks to Caregivers: Audra Cooper, Jackie Johnson, Marie Senegal, Carrie Bryant, Tashiba Bryant, Audrey Hawkins, Shirley “Peaches” Franklin, UTMB 10th Floor Staff, Kindred Hospital 3rd Floor Staff, Oceanview Healthcare and Rehab 3rd Floor West, Hospice Care Team, INC. and Rev. Norman V. Johnson, Jr. and the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church Family.
Galveston Daily News Feb 12 2014
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During Fannie Smiths life:
1912 - The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlactic Ocean.
1922 - The USGS states that the US oil supply will be depleted in 20 years.
1932 - Emelia Earhart is the first woman to fly soloacross the Atlantic.
1942 - World War II
1952 - Ronald Regan marries Nancy Davis
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis begins
1972 - President Nixion signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttles.
1982 - Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1992 - McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China.
2002 - The Euro becomes the ommon currency for most of Europe.
2012 - 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.