Wife of
Thirman Alex Smith
— married
4 Dec 1969 (to 1976) in Kerr, Texas, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 60
in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
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Biography
Lillian (Butler) Smith is a part of US Black heritage.
Lillian Butler was born in 1915 in Kerrville, Texas, the daughter of James Henry Butler (b. 1874 TX) and Mamie Howard (1882 TX - 1959). Lillian was the last born of their six children. Her sis longs were:
A.J. “Jim” born 1899; married Estella
Millie, 1900-1921; married Walter Bird in 1919. He murdered her, then killed himself in July 1921.
Fred Roosevelt, 1902-1963
Ella, 1905-1998
Granville, 1908-1928
Lillian first married KYLANDS. They were divorced. Lillian later married Thirman A. Smith. She died in 1976 (in Stockton, California).[1][2]
Lillian’s parents were divorced by 1920.
In 1920, Mamie Butler and her children lived in the household of her sister, Ella Jackson and her husband, who owned their house without a mortgage. The family included Manville Jackson, 38, a laborer; his wife, Ella, 40, a laundress; Ella’s sister, Mamie Butler, 38, divorced, a hotel cook; and her five children, Millie, 19, a hotel chambermaid; Freddie, 17, a hotel fireman; Ella, 14, a cook for a private family; Granville, 11, in school; and Lillian, 4. All members of the household were born in Texas, as were their parents. All could read and write, except the youngest child.[3]
In 1930, the Butler family lived at 120 McFarland Street, Kerrville, Kerr, Texas. The family included Mamie Butler, 49, widowed, a laundress; her daughter, Lillian Butler, 14, in school; and Mamie’s mother, Lucy, 80, a widow. All were born in Texas, as were their parents. Mamie and Lillian could read and write.[4]
In 1940, they lived at 120 McFarland Street, Kerrville, Kerr, Texas. The household included Mamie Butler, 57, a widow, born in Texas, who had completed seventh grade, and who owned their house, valued at $200; and her daughter, Lillian Kylander, 24, born in Texas, married, had completed eighth grade, a cook for a private family, who had worked 52 weeks in 1939, and earned $156. Living nearby was (Lillian’s brother) Jim Butler, 37, a City truck driver; his wife, Estella; and their five children, aged 4-14.[5]
Lillian Butler, 54, and Thurman A. Smith, 50, were married in Kerr, Texas on 4 December 1969.[6]
Lillian died, aged 60, in 1976 in California. She was survived by her husband, Thurman Smith. Lillian had been an attendant at the Kerrville State Hospital.[7]
She was the wife of Thurman Smith when she passed away in Stockton, California in 1976. Lillian Smith is buried at Tivy Mountain Cemetery, Kerrville, Texas.[8][9][10] Her body was returned to Kerrville, Texas for burial in Tivy Mountain Cemetery.[11] Also buried at Tivy Mountain Cemetery (but not linked on FindAGrave) are her mother; her brother, Fred Roosevelt Butler; his infant son; her grandmother, Lucy (Hodges); and two aunts, Della Owens; and Ella Lee Jackson.
↑ "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY9V-6F5 : 6 December 2014), Thirman A Smith and Lillian Butler, 04 Dec 1969; citing Kerr, Texas, United States, certificate number 132482, Vital Statistics Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V95R-YTR : 11 January 2021), Lillian Butler, Mar 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHR-LM9 : 26 November 2014), Lillian Butler, 02 Mar 1976; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑Death:
"California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997"
Place: San Joaquin; Date: 2 Mar 1976 Ancestry Record 5180 #13105622 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Lillian Smith death 2 Mar 1976 (born 7 Sep 1915) in San Joaquin.
↑Memorial:
Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #43291087 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Memorial page for Lillian Smith (1915-1976), citing Tivy Mountain Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Linda Nielsen (contributor 47095736).
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