Ned W. Smith (’49), Tyler :: He attended North Texas on the G.I. Bill after fighting with Patton’s Third Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with valor as well as other medals. As a student, he was a lab assistant for J.K.G. Silvey and as a taxidermist prepared study skins for the biology department. After graduation, he worked as chief tester in the oil lab at La Gloria Oil and Gas Refinery, retiring in 1982. He was married to Betty Ellen Daniels (’45) for 66 years. Having collected many World War II souvenirs, he was asked to present programs to history classes throughout the region. He was a deacon emeritus of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler and taught ninth-grade boys Sunday school classes for 42 years.
Ned W. Smith (’49), Tyler :: He attended North Texas on the G.I. Bill after fighting with Patton’s Third Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with valor as well as other medals. As a student, he was a lab assistant for J.K.G. Silvey and as a taxidermist prepared study skins for the biology department. After graduation, he worked as chief tester in the oil lab at La Gloria Oil and Gas Refinery, retiring in 1982. He was married to Betty Ellen Daniels (’45) for 66 years. Having collected many World War II souvenirs, he was asked to present programs to history classes throughout the region. He was a deacon emeritus of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler and taught ninth-grade boys Sunday school classes for 42 years.
