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Established 1948    Sherman - Funeral services for Peggy Luleen Smith were held Monday mornng, April 22, 2019 at Waldo Funeral Home. Burial followd at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Ms. Smith, 80, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Texoma Healthcare. Peggy was born January 23, 1939 in Sherman, Texas, daughter of J.B. Smith and FrancesWinnifrid Groce Smith. She has an older sister, Shrley, and a younger brother, Donald. Peggy enjoyed a variety of activities while growing up. She liked fishing with the family, helping her Granddad sell watermelons during the summers, swimming at the municipal pool, and going to movies at the drive-in theater. One of the major activities of the Smith family centered around baseball. Her dad coached, her mother kept score, and her brother played ball. The girls watched a lot of games. Peggy learned to play the steel guitar and often got together with some family members to play. She also learned to play the viola and played in the high school orchestra when she was in the 8th grade. While a senior in high school, she worked half days as a nurse aid at Wilson N. Jones Hospital. She graduated from Sherman High School in 1957 and after graduation, nursing school was the next step. Peggy attended Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and became a registered nurse. She worked at WNJ Hospital until she entered the Air Force in 1962. While in the Air Force, she was stationed at bases in Utah, Illinois, Mississippi, Libya, Texas and Alaska. She served as an operating room nurse and/or flight nurse during her 12 years of service. After leaving the Air Force she went back to school finishing her Bachelor's degree from Dallas Baptist University and a Master's degree from Southern Methodist University. While attending school, she also worked full-time at the VA hospital in Dallas. Upon retirement she cared for her mother until 1995. Ms. Smith was a longtime member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church. She is survived by her sister, Shirley Smith Hagan, of Sherman; brother, Donald Smith, Sr. and wife, Carolyn Mae, of Santee, California; nephews, Philip R. Hagan and wife, Cheryl, of Hawkins, Texas; S. Russell Hagan of Sherman; Donald J. Smith, Jr. and wife, Idalia of El Cajon, California; and Scotty D. Smith and wife, Kekei, of Lakeside, California; niece, Kailin Mae Smith of Santee, California; cousins, Luraye Meek Wysocki of Sherman; and Bernice Meek Worthington of Rockwall. - - - Waldo Funeral Home  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |