Ty Smith

BIOGRAPHY
Tyrone Alan Smith, 45, our beloved Ty, went home to be with our Lord on Thursday, August 18, 2005 after a year-long, brave and valiant fight against pancreatic cancer.

He always made us laugh with his wit during this last year when all we wanted to do was cry. We will miss, among many things, his wit and his laughter.

SERVICES
Funeral services for Ty will be held at the OakCrest Funeral Home on Monday, August 22, 2005 at 10:00 am with Pastor Joe W. Bailey officiating. Burial will follow at Bosqueville Cemetery. Visitation with his family will be at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. from 6 to 8 pm Sunday. A memorial video of his life will be shown during the visitation. Viewing will start at 3 pm on Sunday.

Ty was born in New London, Ohio on November 8, 1959 to Robert Smith and the former Ernestine Case. He lived in the New London and Ashland area until he completed school then moved to Waco. Ty was a local carpenter and general contractor.

He loved to fish with his brothers and friends. He volunteered in several fishing tournaments for young people and coached in the Bosqueville Girls Softball league for several years.

He was a member of The River Church and truly loved the fellowship he shared with his brothers and sisters in Christ.

Ty was preceded in death by his father, Robert B. Smith; grandfathers, Okie Case and Robert M. Smith; grandmother, Mariane Filip, and an infant daughter.

SURVIVORS
He is survived by his beloved wife and earthly angel, Bonita Smith; children, Heather and Kenneth Cash, Rhiannon Smith, Robert A. Smith, their mother Jo Ann Morena; daughter, Theresa Smith, her mother Donna Van Zandt; Mark James Huff and Michael Ray Hatton; great-granddaughter, Kristen Cash; sister, Beth Smith of St. Louis, Mo.; parents, Dan W. and Ernestine Cole of Speegleville; grandmother, Inez Gasser of Waco; brothers, Keith Campbell and wife Rhonda of China Spring, Gordon Campbell and wife, Stephanie of Elm Mott, Danny Cole and wife, Carolyn of China Spring, Jeffrey Cole of Waco; and his other mom and dad, Arthur and Pat Campbell of Berekley Springs, West Virginia; his aunt Yvonne Dearth of Roosevelt, Utah, cousins, nieces and nephews, and many special friends.

PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers will be his brothers, and friends Jim Weber and Andrew Ferris. Honorary pallbearer is his cousin Bernie Yoder of Monroeville, Ohio.

THANKS
Ty's family is so grateful for the prayers and support from many during his last year, especially those brothers and sisters in Christ at the River Church, Speegleville Baptist and Burning Bush Baptist, and all the fishermen who took part in Ty's benefit tournament last year (these are a great bunch of men). Words cannot express our feeling for Ty's caregivers, Providence Hospice, especially Jennifer, the physicians in Waco who treated Ty and M.D. Anderson for what they tried to do for him.

MEMORIALS
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pastor John Carroll, The River Church, P.O. Box 5103, Waco, Tx 76708; Providence Hospice, 4830 Lakewood Drive, Waco, TX 76710 or M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4464 Houston, Tx 77210.

For Ty
You're not forgotten tho you're gone
In your children you live on

Your loving hugs and bright smile
Still stay with me all the while

When you were young you were wild
And the bond we shared, like mother and child

Your life you changed and turned around
and look at the true love you finally found

Your arms went around me when we last met
The love that flowed from them I'll never forget

Your faith is God was oh so strong
And now you have finally gone home

I'll see you again I have no doubt
When from this world I'll be out

Memories of you go on and on
You're ever here, never gone

In my heart you'll ever be
Tho your face I can not see

Love forever, Aunt Yvonne



My beloved speaks and says to me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
For, behold, the winter is past;
The rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove is
Heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 2:10-12, Amplified Bible