Bonnie Ruth Smith

Bonnie Ruth McAdams Smith was born in Ben Wheeler, Texas, on January 12, 1929, to John and Ila McAdams. She was fifth oldest in a large family of twelve children. Bonnie graduated from Shepherd High School in 1947, the first in her family to graduate. After graduating, she moved to Houston and worked for Dun & Bradstreet. Later that year, she married Forrest E. Smith. They had two children together: Gregory Smith and Sherrie Smith.

Bonnie was a full-time wife and mother until the death of her husband in 1983. She then went back to work, first for Foley's Department Store and then for Hull & Hull Construction. She worked for Hull & Hull for 20 years, never missing a single day of work.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest E. Smith; her mother Ila McAdams and her father John McAdams; her brothers Thurman McAdams, Louie McAdams, Kenneth McAdams, Don McAdams, Richard McAdams, and Weldon McAdams; and her sisters Loette Loftin and Kathryn Nickell.

Bonnie is survived by her brother Charles McAdams and wife Pat; her sister Linda Plant and husband Gary; her son Gregory Smith and wife Beth Turton; her daughter Sherrie Dwyer; her grandchildren Kristin McCalip and husband Brandon, David Dwyer and wife Emily, Jeff Smith and wife Clara, and Shannon Smith; and her great-grandchildren Claire and Kyle McCalip, Trey and Devin Barney, David and Grace Smith, and Alice and Kate Dwyer.

Services will be held on Monday, September 1, 2025 in the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Cleveland, Texas with visitation at 1pm and the funeral 2pm with Larry Dangerfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Shepherd City Cemetery. Pallbearers for the service will be, Don McAdams, Bryan Quinn, Brandon McCalip, Jeff Smith, David Dwyer, and Trey Barney.