Don B. Smith

-- Funeral services for Mr. Don B. Smith, 69, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Bro. Alan Metzel officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m., at Salem Cemetery in Alba, TX. Mr. Smith passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014. Don B. Smith was born on October 6, 1944, in Minden, Louisiana to Orvie L. Smith and Rosemary Preston Smith. He served in the U. S. Navy and was a Vietnam Veteran. Mr. Smith married Bobbie L. Taylor on November 21, 1969. Mr. Smith was the owner /operator of Smith Contract Pumping Inc. He was a member of the Yantis Masonic Lodge #382 A. F. & A. M., 32nd Degree Mason, and a member of the Hella Shrine, a Rider in the Patriot Guard and a member of the NRA. Don B. Smith is survived by his wife. Bobbie L. Smith of Gilmer; sons, Wayne Lee Wilson and wife Kari of Arlington; Ronnie W. Wilson of Sulphur Springs; daughters, Debbie Smith and Harold Shields of Tyler, Stacy Gaile Crews and husband Michael of Gilmer; sister, Patricia Buchanan and husband Bob of Okanogan, WA.; sister-in-law, Brenda Gaile Bevill of Como-Pickton, Tx; 12 grandchildren, Heather Miller and husband Michael, Falon Hagler and Josh Grant, Ashlee Penland and husband Brian, Taylor Michelle Wilson, Dayton Macall Edwards, Jackson Crews, Whitney Crews, James Lewis Hagler, Andrew Hagler, Matthew Hagler, Mason Hagler and Morgan Hagler ; six great-grandchildren, Meredith Morrison, Jack Loyd, Bransyn Miller, Brody Miller, Hagen Hagler and Beau Penland. He is also survived by nephews, Doug and Robbie Buchanan and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ronnie Smith; nephew, John David Preston, Jr.; granddaughter, Danielle Jo Smith and great-grandson, Brayden Miller. Memorial donations may be made to the Danielle "Dani" Smith Memorial Nursing Scholarship, NTCC Foundation, P.O. BOX 1307, Mt. Pleasant, TX 75456. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer.