Farry Smith

Mrs. Farry Lee Smith was born March 12, 1919 to Harrison William and Earlene Davis in Boston, Texas. She attended Old Boston Schools. She was preceded in death by her first husband, John A. Akins and her second husband, Fred Smith Sr.
Mrs. Farry was a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of DeKalb, Texas and served faithfully for a number of years. She served as a Missionary, was a member of the Eastern Star and a mother of the church.

She worked for Tyson Chicken at a plant in Broken Bow, Oklahoma as a production worker. She worked at the Welfare Office in DeKalb, Texas as a social service worker, and at Texarkana Box and Crate, Texarkana, Texas as a production worker. She was a loving mother and homemaker.

The sun set in Mrs. Farry's life Thursday, February 6, 2014. She leaves to mourn: Ruby Akin Jackson, Ada Briley Wilson, both of Topeka, Samuel Smith of DeKalb, Texas, William D. Smith (Vicki Smith) of Topeka, and Thomas G. Smith (Tracy Smiith) of Lawrence; 20 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; 61 great-great grandchildren; her sister-in-law Naomi Williams of DeKalb, Texas; and a host of relatives and friends.

During the last year of her life she played an integral part in the founding of I.Y.F.I.C. Temple of Deliverance. She gave her knowledge and ideas and always encouraged us to move forward. She always paid into the building fund to inspire the erecting of its own building.

She was a lady of excellence, integrity and grace. All who came her way, strangers alike, would find themselves mesmerized by her knowledge and encouraging words. She could carry a conversation on any level. Anyone who ever encountered her left inspired and uplifted and never forgot the gleam in her eyes and the cast in her smile. She always carried herself with pride.