Melanie Smith Obituary

Our Heavenly Father called another one of his Sweetest Angels home today. If you ever met her you had to love her. Melanie Dawn (Grubbs) Smith, 36, of Bynum, passed away at a Temple hospital Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Wade Funeral Chapel in Hubbard with the Rev. Ricky Woodall officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard.

Melanie was born April 15, 1975, in Dallas, to Sidney Everett and Rebecca Ann (Fisher) Grubbs. She lived in Hubbard most of her life and was a 1993 graduate of Hubbard High School. She lived the past five years in Bynum and worked as a florist for several years with Brookview Flowers in Waco. Melanie enjoyed being at the lake with her family and was a member of First Baptist Church of Hubbard.

She was preceded in death by her father, Sidney Grubbs; and grandfather, R.H. Fisher, both in 1999.

Survivors include her husband, Daniel Smith Jr. of Bynum; a daughter, Bekah Dawn Smith; two sons, Dylan Jacob Smith and Ty Hunter Smith, all of Bynum; mother, Rebecca Parsons and husband, Stuart, of Laguna Park; sister, Stephanie Brown and husband, Jason, of Silsbee; maternal grandparents, Barbara Cvikel and husband, Marvin, of Laguna Park, and Henry Witt Sr. and wife, Robin, of Axtell; nieces, Jessica, Kristan, Harley and Kaylin; nephews, Zachary, Chad, Heath and Tyler; sister-in-law, Christina Spurgeon and husband, Gerald; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Daniel Smith Sr. and Cathy Smith; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Allen Markwardt, Jonathan Warren, Craig Hagood, Brandon Brown, Brad Wood and Kerry Rochelle.

Memorials may be made to National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, 5429 LBJ Freeway, Suite 630, Dallas, Texas 75240, or the MCC Nursing Program, 1400 College Dr, Waco, Texas, 76708.

Please sign the memorial guestbook for Melanie at www.wadefuneralhome.net.

April 15, 1975 - April 26, 2011

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