My condolences. Your mother must have been a very special woman. My thoughts are with you and your family. Carole in NYC --- "Mrs. Sara Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > This was supposed to run in Sunday's paper but some > are telling us they > did not see it. On November 11, 1999, Sara > Margaret Paxton Smith died > in San Antonio, Texas. She was born September 9, > 1917 in Matthews, > Mecklenberg County, North Carolina. She was the > granddaughter of > William Sanford Paxton and his wife Margaret Ann > McLeod and Isaac David > Boyd and his wife Sarah Nancy Smith Boyd. Her > parents were John McLeod > Paxton and Janie Faires Boyd Paxton. She graduated > from Queens College > in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1938. For 11 years, > she taught in > different schools all over North Carolina. Two of > those schools were > Sharon High School and the high school in > Whiteville. During the summer > months she earned extra money by working at Belks > and Iveys. She met my > father, Cecil Gaddis Smith of Stanly County, while > teaching in > Whiteville. While teaching, she coached basketball, > mainly for the > girls teams, but during WWII she had the distinction > of becoming the > first female coach of a male basketball team when > she pitched in to > coach the boys team at the high school she was > teaching at when they > were left without a coach. After marriage, she > became a true marriage > partner to my dad, traveling to Venezuela first and > later to Mexico, > staying at home and raising four children in not > always the best of > conditions. When other mothers were playing bridge, > she was the one > with their children, playing games, teaching, > baking, driving, > supervising and advocating. When someone had a > problem, it was always my > mom who was asked to intervene because everyone knew > she would do it. > After her children left home, she stayed by my > father's side and retired > to San Antonio, Texas to be near her four children > and her two grand > daughters. She and my father became surrogate > grandparents to a host of > children they came in contact with and she worried > about each child as > if they were her own, giving sound advice to > inexperienced parents upon > occasion. She was everything a mom was supposed to > be and she will be > truly missed by all. > Her fortunate daugther, Nancy Jane Smith > Ward > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/paxtonmain.html > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com