Clifton Dale Smith Funeral services for Clifton Dale Smith, 82, of DeBerry, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Coburn and Rev. David Urban officiating. Graveside services will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in DeBerry under the auspices of Waskom Masonic Lodge #1254. Mr. Smith passed away on May 17, 2013 in Jefferson, Texas and was preceded in death by his beloved wife Beverly Jean Chandler Smith of 46 years, his mother Chlora, father Charles, two sisters, Evelyn Smith, and Norma Mishler, and brother Wayne Smith. Dale was born in Kansas City, MO on September 3, 1930, and grew up in Kansas City. He entered the Navy in 1948 and served in the Korean War, where he received three Bronze Stars and the President Unit Citation. On January 17, 1953, he married Beverly Jean Chandler of Carthage, Texas. Dale worked and retired from General Motors at Arlington, TX after 34 years of service as a General Supervisor where he received many awards. He was a member of Waskom, TX Masonic Lodge 1254, a past master, a member of Order of Eastern Star, Waskom, a past Worthy Patron, a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was a long time member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church. Mr. Smith is survive d by two daughters, Jeanie (Steve) Mishler, and Dalette (Robert) Schmidt; two granddaughters, Shan (Trey) Cockerell and Teia Rouse; two grandsons, Trey (Ashley) Schmidt, and Chance Schmidt; two brothers, Robert (Barbara) Smith, and John (Ann) Smith; sister, Marilyn Williams, and a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Trey Schmidt, Chance Schmidt, J.A. Schmidt, Drew Mishler, Trey Cockerell, and Nathan Kriegel. The family request memorials be made in his name to Heartsway Hospice, 205 E. Austin, Marshall, Texas 75670.