Daily Journal, Flat River, Missouri. WILLIAM EDWARD SMITH. William Edward Smith of Houston, Tex., died April 26 [1981] at the age of 44. He was born September 11, 1936 in St. Louis County to John Smith and the late Ruth Hafley Smith Schrum. He is survived by his wife, Mary Layton Smith; children, Garland Smith in the U.S. Marines; Norman Smith of Fredericktown; Vernice Smith, William Smith, Jr., Angela Smith, Ronald Smith and Joseph Smith, all of the home; father, John Smith; Step-mother, Alberta Scott Smith, both of St. Louis; sister, Mrs. Rose Roark Winch of Esther; brothers, Charles Smith of Illinois, Louis Schrum of Huntsville, Ala., and James Schrum of Houston, Tex. Friends may call at 5 p.m. today at Cozean Funeral Home in Farmington. Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Cozean Chapel with burial at the Bismarck Cemetery.