NAME: TEZELL SMITH, AGE 65, LOS ANGELES, CA RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BORN: JANUARY 29, 1930 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO EVAN AND ERETTA (WASHINGTON) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 AT HIS LOS ANGELES, CA RESIDENCE. AGE: 65 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: BETTY JEAN WATKINS IN PARIS, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A CHEF. HE WAS AN OUTDOORS PERSON AND ENJOYED FISHING, HUNTING AND TRIPS BACK TO OKLAHOMA TO VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: ERETTA SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. FOSTER SON: ROBERT STARR OF LOS ANGELES, CA. BROTHERS: EUGENE SMITH OF ROMOLAND, CA. SPENCER SMITH AND WIFE CLEMMIE OF LOS ANGELES, CA. EVAN SMITH, JR. OF TULSA, OK. TEDDY J. SMITH OF TULSA, OK. JIMMY D. SMITH AND WIFE ARLENE OF MCALESTER, OK. RICKY B. SMITH AND WIFE JEAN OF GERMANTOWN, MD. SISTERS: WANDA F. SMITH OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. ALLIE ALEXANDER OF DENISON, TX. DELELAH ANN SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LORETTA SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 16 NIECES, 11 NEPHEWS. AUNT: RUBY JOHNSON OF INGLEWOOD, CA. UNCLES: NATHAN SMITH OF LOS ANGELES, CA. HENRY C. SMITH, JR. OF AUSTIN, TX. SPECIAL COUSINS: BILLY AND MARY WASHINGTON OF LOS ANGELES, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: EVAN SMITH. SISTER: LOIS SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEFF HOLLAND. CASKETBEARERS: STEFAN BROWN, STEVE ALEXANDER, JEFF WOODARD, SCOTTY SMITH, MARVIN SMITH, RICK RECTOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BROTHERS; EUGENE SMITH, SPENCER SMITH, EVAN SMITH, JR., TEDDY J. SMITH, JIMMY D. SMITH, RICKY B. SMITH. FLOWER BEARERS: JEAN GREEN, BERNICE CARTER, NANCY ROBINSON, BETTY WASHINGTON, MARVELLA RUSSELL.