Kenneth Hulan Smith, Sr.

A memorial service for Kenneth Hulan Smith, Sr. Hugh will be held Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with Mr. Max Dawson officiating. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the service.

Mr. Smith was born March 15, 1921, in Henderson, Texas to Sidney and Mattie Velera Smith and passed away May 3, 2007, in Beaumont, with his loving family by his side.

For many, many years, Mr. Smith, a former resident of Orange, was a well-known radio announcer with KOGT and later was the owner of Tel Rad on 16th Street in Orange. A quiet, reserved man, he was valedictorian of his high school class, an All State track star and was graduated from Port Arthur College. He loved talking with his family, Zane Grey Westerns, computers and classic music.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Marquita; sons, Kenneth H. Smith, Jr. and wife Linda of Lake Charles and Bruce N. Smith and wife Debbie of Beaumont; grandchildren Kesha and husband Jose of Katy, Trey III, Brandy, and Kortney all of Houston, Christopher and wife Hilary of Orlando, FL, Taylor and Brandon of Beaumont, and Lindsay and Landon of Lake Charles; four great-grandchildren; and brother Harold Smith and wife Dorothy of Beaumont. He is preceded in death by his parents. He was a loving, devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He will be missed by all.