Shirley Ray Smith

Shirley Ray Smith, of Groesbeck passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Providence Hospital in Waco, at age 77. Visitation will be Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Groesbeck Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 23, 2014 in the Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Nance of the First United Methodist Church of Groesbeck officiating. Burial will be in Faulkenberry Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Morris Beaver, Tommye Black, John Ahlfinger, Robert Morrison, Jason Vincent, and John Ranochak.   Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Bradley and Budge Kimble. Shirley was born October 25, 1936 to Joseph Lee Tompkins and Addie (Rhodes) Tompkins.   She grew up in Groesbeck and graduated from Groesbeck High School, Class of 1955. Shirley was united in marriage with Charles Sidney Smith on November 25, 1955, and they made their home in Groesbeck the rest of their life except a brief period in Walnut Springs. Shirley worked for twenty-nine years as a medical technician for Dr. J. B. Riggs in Groesbeck.  Most people in Groesbeck at one time or other were a patient of Dr. Riggs, and Shirley had many happy memories of the people she knew and worked with. Shirley had many interests in life, including enjoying working in her flower beds, collecting rocks to use in the flower beds – including riding around and finding the rocks, and she also enjoyed reading.   She was an excellent and artistic seamstress who carried over her skill in making her own clothes as a young lady to making beautiful and elaborate doll clothing. She gave her dolls to her loved ones and sold many to the public who placed special orders for them. Shirley loved decorating her home for the holidays, spending weeks getting ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas.   She enjoyed her grandchildren and great grandchildren, and stocked her kitchen with the ice cream and cookies she knew they would look for. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groesbeck. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Mary Emma Shriver. She is survived by her husband, Charles Sidney Smith of Groesbeck; daughter and son-in-law, Susan Patricia and Bill Logan of Groesbeck; son and daughter-in-law, Charles Sidney Jr. (Chuck) and Becky Smith of Groesbeck. She leaves behind six grandchildren: Scott Charles Logan and his fiancée, Shalyn Gonzales, Chase William Logan and wife Alicia, Lance Joseph Logan, Rachel Anne Smith of Austin, Sydney Nichole Smith, and Crystal Latasha Baker.   The six great grandchildren are: Laci Page Logan, Easton Blaze Logan, Nathanel (Nate) Blake Baker, Riley Brown, Brianna Brown, and Blake Andrew Elfrez; and she also leaves behind several nieces and nephews.