Howe- funeral services for Margie Donaghey Smith will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, March 21 at Waldo Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 PM at White Mound Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, 93, passed away Saturday, March 18 at Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center. Margie was born November 12, 1923, to the late Elsie and Virgil Donaghey in her great grandmother’s home near Whitewright. She married Dwight Smith on June 5, 1940, in Sherman. Margie was a devout Christian who taught Sunday school for many years with her favorite student age being 12 years. She was a devoted homemaker to her husband and daughters. She and her husband were true partners in their business, Dwight Smith Farm Machinery, with Margie serving as corporate president. Margie loved to read from the age of four years to the end of her life. Her house was always filled with books. She received two double promotions in school and lettered in debate in Whitewright High School. She graduated from Draughn’s Business College & also earned a realtors license. One of her clients was Elizabeth Taylor.
She was an accomplished and prolific artist in both oil and porcelain.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas through her great-great-great-grandfather, John T Fitzhugh, a Texas Ranger. Her great great great grandmother, Sarah Shelton, was the niece of Patrick Henry. Mrs. Smith had multiple American Revolutionary ancestors including three generations of the Col. William F Fitzhugh family.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two daughters, Sherilyn Smith and husband Reggie of Sherman and Dr. Roxanne Donaghey Smith of Howe; seven grandchildren, Reggie Smith and wife Stephany of Van Alstyne, Kristen McCoy and husband Billy of Sherman, Allison Robertson and husband Clay of Kerrville, Adam Coffey of Arlington, Hunter Smith and wife Jennifer of Zionsville, IN, Cariana Haker and husband Chad of Gunter, and Che’ Jones and husband Doug of Honolulu, HI; and a precious host of great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Dwight Smith; daughter, Margo Smith; parents, Virgil and Elsie Donaghey; sister, Helen Snowden; and great-granddaughter, Morgan Coffey Haker.
The family will receive friends from 12:00-1:00 PM Tuesday at Waldo Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Howe Volunteer Fire Dept at 120 E. Haning St, Howe, Texas 75459. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com.