DOROTHY ADAMS SMITH
March 3, 1929 ~ November 21, 2021
Dorothy R. Adams Smith affectionately known as “Dot” was born March 23rd, 1929, in Smithville, Texas to Searcy Adams and Fredonia Whipple. She was the eldest of five brothers and seven sisters.
Dorothy was baptized by her cousin Rev. Coleman at the age of 9 and gave her life to Christ at New Flower Hill Baptist Church at the age of 13.
She attended Mary A. Brown Colored School and completed school up to 7th Grade.
At the age of twenty-three, Dorothy moved to San Antonio, Texas when black businesses were becoming more prominent within San Antonio’s Eastside. Her Cousin Ophelia began inviting her to come to Bethel A.M.E Church San Antonio, Tx after moving to San Antonio to where she joined in 1952.
On March 17th, 1954, Dorothy had joined Leroy “Chic” Smith in Holy Matrimony. From this Union, one daughter was born, Linda Kay Smith and four children were added to her life from which she would call her very own: Leroy Smith Jr., Jessie Lee Smith, Thelma Jean Smith, and Rose Mary Dears.
Within the community, Dorothy was a member of the “Canton Street Guild” and “The Golden Key Club” just to name a few amongst other Black Urban East Side Organizations.
During the entire course of her course of her life, she worked as a private cook for many elite families.
“Dot” leaves to celebrate her life and legacy through her surviving sister, Dollie B. Adams-Dotson, Grandchildren, Sabrina Kay Smith (San Antonio) and Adrian Leroy Smith (Smithville). Her beloved Great-Grandson, Dwayne M.A. Alexander, “Bonus” daughter Rose Mary Dears (Houston) and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
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Interment: December 16, 2021 2:00 pm - August 26, 2025 2:32 pm
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Rest Well Dorothy ! My grandmother Mary Adams East that lived in LaGrange, Texas is the niece or cousin of Dorothy’s father. Looking through the memorials today I did not realize it and this is how I found out about most of my relatives by looking at memorials my grandmother married passed away in 2000. She told us a little about her family in Smithville but not a whole lot. But I remember my grandmother telling me about Searcy and I have some family history or maybe even photos I can’t remember I don’t have the documentations with me where I am right now. But Dorothy and my grandmother Mary would have been cousins and it’s really sad to me that she passed away not too long ago and I could have sit down and had a conversation with her about the family. My grandmother Mary ‘s father name was James R. Adams ” Jim”.
If any family member left or her grandkids please email me at sharon56haywood@gmail.com I will be anxious to hear from you my father name is TC Haywood but he was born in Bastrop ,Texas I have been years trying to put family history together on the Adams Family but with my grandmother being in heaven I have no one to ask questions to . Anxiously waiting to hear from a family member God bless you all!!!!