Shirley Ann (Denton) Smith

Shirley Ann (Denton) Smith, age 78 of Tarkington Prairie, Texas passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022. She was born August 27, 1943, in Houston, TX to parents Moses and Rachel Denton. She is preceded in death by her parents, Moses and Rachel Denton and her brother, Don Allen Denton.

Shirley is survived by her loving husband, Gene Smith; daughters; Kimberly Lynn Carnes of Cleveland, TX, Kelly Jean Smith of Schertz, TX and Katherine Susann Dildy & husband Gregg of Cleveland, TX; Cynthia Jewel & Greg Henderson of Cleveland, TX; grandchildren, Matthew Ryan & Hannah Carnes, Marshall Lane Carnes, Collin Kenneth & Kylee Riggs, Courtney Noel Riggs, Cale Braden Riggs, Kyle James & Caitlin Delk, Preston Chase & Pamala Dildy, Ryan Gregoy & Breanna Dildy; niece, Lillian Kent and husband Phillip; great grandchildren: Charlotte Ayn Carnes, Ellie Jayne Carnes, Blair Katherine Riggs, Levi Walker Dildy, Jace Ryan Dildy.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 10, 2022 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm, at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland, TX. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 11th at 10:00am at Pace-Stancil Chapel in Cleveland. Interment will follow at Pace-Stancil Memorial Rest Gardens in Cleveland, Texas.

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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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