Carlton Smith

Belton -- Funeral services for Carlton Smith, 83, of Belton, will be held 2:00 PM Friday, January 18, 2013, at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton with Dr. Ramiro Pena officiating. Burial will follow at McDowell Cemetery. Visitation will be held, Thursday, January 17, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Dossman Funeral Home. Mr. Smith died Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Belton. He was born September 5, 1929 in Bell County, the son of Arthur P. Smith and Minnie May (Bishop) Smith. He married Lela Beth Jayroe, May 17, 1963 who later passed away in 1998, then February 14, 2004 he married Mildred Adell House. He has lived in the area his whole life and worked as a Painter. He enjoyed spending his time playing dominos at the VFW and loved to tell stories. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Lela Beth Smith; three brothers, John Smith, Arthur Smith and Pid Smith; and three sisters, Mary Moore, Dorothy Guthrie, and Clara Benson; a son Ronald Marshall Jackson. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Smith of Liberty Hill; one daughter, Carla Wohlfort; one sister, Margaret Petty; seven grandchildren, David Jackson, Traci Jackson, April Shepherd, Jason Jackson, Wil Jackson, T.J. Waldburger, Allyson Waldburger; and 10 great grandchildren.