Funeral services were held in the Columbus Funeral home Sunday afternoon for Shirley Gray Smalley, 63, who died in Hermann hospital Friday after a long illness. Burial was in Odd Fellows Rest cemetery with Dr. Norman L. Roberts of the First Baptist church officiating. Mr. Smalley was born in League City, Texas, Apr. 5, 1891, a son of Benjamin Alcorn and Harriet Viney Perkins Smalley. A retired production engineer for Texas Construction Material Co., he had lived in Columbus some 20 years. His wife was formerly Hattie Hastedt. He was a member of the Baptist church, the Masonic lodge and the Shrine order. Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside. Besides his widow he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Holdeworth of Tigre, Argentina; a brother, H. Smalley of Omaha, Nebr., a niece and a nephew. Pallabearers were J.W., Douglas and L.L. Hastedt, E.G. Miller, Ernest Lawrence, Charles Klein, W.C. James and Sam K. Seymour. (provided by Diana)
Funeral services were held in the Columbus Funeral home Sunday afternoon for Shirley Gray Smalley, 63, who died in Hermann hospital Friday after a long illness. Burial was in Odd Fellows Rest cemetery with Dr. Norman L. Roberts of the First Baptist church officiating. Mr. Smalley was born in League City, Texas, Apr. 5, 1891, a son of Benjamin Alcorn and Harriet Viney Perkins Smalley. A retired production engineer for Texas Construction Material Co., he had lived in Columbus some 20 years. His wife was formerly Hattie Hastedt. He was a member of the Baptist church, the Masonic lodge and the Shrine order. Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside. Besides his widow he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Holdeworth of Tigre, Argentina; a brother, H. Smalley of Omaha, Nebr., a niece and a nephew. Pallabearers were J.W., Douglas and L.L. Hastedt, E.G. Miller, Ernest Lawrence, Charles Klein, W.C. James and Sam K. Seymour. (provided by Diana)
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