Mildred (Midge) M. Smith

Mildred "Midge" Smith (Morgan) left her family with a little smile at noon on Sunday, June 11 in Carmichael, California. She departed just shy of her 94th birthday on July 6 and her 75th wedding anniversary on July 23. Her husband, son, and granddaughters Spencer H. Smith, Lawrence H. Smith, Phoebe E. Smith, and Katherine M. Smith are sad but joyful that she passed on without pain or sorrow. Midge was born in 1923 to Katie and Jack Morgan in Daisetta, Texas, was salutatorian of her Hull-Daisetta High School class, and married classmate Spencer in 1942. She worked in the shipyard in Beaumont, Texas during World War II while Spencer served in the Navy in the South Pacific, and gave birth to Larry in Corvallis, Oregon where Spencer attended college after the war. They lived in Mississippi, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and Denver during Spencer's career with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and moved to Albuquerque and subsequently to Carmichael in retirement. Midge lived an exemplary Christian life that inspired all around her. Family and friends are invited to celebrate her life at Sierra View funeral home in Carmichael on Saturday, June 17 at 2 PM. A family graveside service will be held on June 21 at Guedry Cemetery in Batson, Texas.