This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Sherry, Byrd, Sullivan, Taylor Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3626 Message Board Post: Tonya Annette Smith Feb. 28, 1962 — Jan. 26, 2006 Tonya Annette Smith, 43, of Bay City, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006, at her residence. She was born February 28, 1962, in Bay City, to Eugene Hershall and Bobbie Elizabeth Byrd Sherry. Mrs. Smith was a lifelong resident of Bay City and a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church. Tonya is survived by: her husband, Gordon M. Smith of Bay City; daughter and son-in-law, Natasha and Shane Sullivan of Bay City; son, Gordon W. Smith of Bay City; sister and brother-in-law, Lynette and the Rev. Tommy Taylor of Brookshire; one grandchild, Kory Sullivan of Bay City; and parents, Eugene and Bobbie Sherry of Bay City. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Apostolic Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. Sam Starks officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck. Pallbearers will be Turner Jay, Chris Owen, C.J. Ratliff, Greyson Smith, Shane Sullivan and Tommy Taylor. Donations may be made to the Apostolic Pentecostal Church, 5701 7th St., Bay City, TX 77414, (979) 244-3633. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home of Bay City. (979) 245-4613. The Bay City Tribune January 29, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas