Howard Sterling Smith, birth date 12/12/1912, death date 8/23/1988, burial in New Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Hopkins County.
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Photo and obituary, Howard S. Smith, The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 8/26/1988, p. 3, crediting the Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Birth date 12/12/1912. "In 1936 he was elected State Representative from Hopkins County to the Texas Legislature, where he served until 1941."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
United States Navy, World War II, awarded Silver Star. Obituary, Howard S. Smith, The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 8/26/1988, p. 3, crediting the Hopkins County Genealogical Society.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Howard S. Smith, list of Sulphur Springs Men and Women in the Armed Forces in World War II. Hopkins County,
TXGenWeb Project .