101 - Nola Smith - Lakeview Cemetery - Wichita Falls, TX
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Nola Smith was born in 1910, the same year that the Boy Scouts of America youth organization is incorporated by publisher, adventurer and philanthropist William D. Boyce
Waymark Code: WM1BVT3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2025
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The final resting place of centenarian Nola Smith is at the far east side of Lakeview Cemetery.
Her upright headstone has the following inscription:
Nola Smith
Jan. 10, 1910
Oct. 9, 2011
Nola's obituary, from her Find a Grave memorial page:
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Nola Smith, 101, of Wichita Falls, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in Wichita Falls.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Castle, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Wells Funeral Home.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker.
Survivors include daughters, Betty Adams of Lawton, Sandra Bedford of Hayward, Calif. and Ashaski Moore of Wichita Falls; sons, Paul Smith of Wichita Falls and Larry Smith of Missouri City, Texas; and brother, Ernest Whitmore of Los Angeles, Calif.
Viewing will be 5-7 p.m. today at Wells Chapel, 811 Woods St.
Some historical events that occurred during Nola's time on earth:
1910: Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now made illegal.
1930: In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the salt laws of British India by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March.
1950: Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
1970: Apollo program: Apollo 13 splashes down safely in the Pacific.
1990: The comedy television series of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom.
2011: The 2011 Super Outbreak forms in the Southern, Midwest and Eastern United States with a tornado count of 362; killing 324 and injuring over 2,200.