This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Walker, Woods, Williams Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3685 Message Board Post: CLAUDIA SMITH - BAY CITY [Matagorda County, Texas] BAY CITY - Claudia Smith, 96, of Bay City, formally of Freeport, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006. She was born Jan. 25, 1910, in Matagorda County, to the late Hillary and Laura Walker Williams. Survivors: sisters, Evelyn Woods Sr. of Dickinson and Rosie Lee Williams of Freeport; and brother, Robert Lee Williams of Bay City. Preceded in death by: husband, Arthur "Sonny" Smith, and brothers, Hearl Williams, Earl Williams, Vandervelt Williams Sr., George Williams Sr., Thurston Williams, Lloyd Williams and Ester Williams. Services will be at noon today at Mother Zion Baptist Church at 2705 Avenue B in Bay City. Green's Mortuary, Bay City, 979-245-3489. Pallbearers: Clifton Williams Sr., David Williams Sr., George Williams Jr., Michael Williams, Omar Ra'mon Williams, Carl Woods, Oscar Woods Jr. Honorary pallbearers: Robert Lee Williams, James Williams, Oscar Woods Sr., Hearl Williams Jr., Buster Cavil, nephews, cousins, Deacons and Ministers of Mother Zion Baptist Church. Victoria Advocate March 25, 2006 Victoria County, Texas