Billy Joe Smith

BROCK -- Billy Joe Smith, 85, passed away peacefully at home Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Graveside service: Will be held to honor him at 11 a.m. Friday in Brock Cemetery. Billy Joe was born Nov. 6, 1927, to William "Boston" Meador Smith and Irene Bennett Smith in Beaumont. Along with his older brother, Kermit, they were raised in Fort Worth. He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1945 and served in the United States Navy. Billy Joe attended and played football at Texas Christian University and earned his animal husbandry degree at Texas Tech University. Billy Joe married Georgia Mixon in Plainview in 1949. They returned to Fort Worth to live, work hard, raise their four beloved sons and watch their family continue to grow. Billy Joe was a rancher. He was very involved in the oil and gas industry and developing land in west Fort Worth, Benbrook, Aledo and beyond. Billy Joe developed Tandy Town Shopping Center, Boston Heights, Timber Creek and Lost Creek Golf and Country Club, and so many more. He founded Weatherford Sand and Gravel as well as Tarrant Concrete Co. Billy Joe was an honorable and faithful member of his community. He served as a board member for the Tarrant County Hospital District and several area banks. Billy Joe loved and supported the TCU Horned Frogs. He gave to his church and participated in building a hospital in Guatemala. In his later years, Billy Joe and Georgia built their final home together overlooking the most perfect Texas landscape in Brock. He enjoyed taking care of his longhorns, goats and various other wildlife. Billy Joe loved to drive and to fish. He enjoyed sitting around a table with family and friends, playing cards, telling jokes and eating good food. Billy Joe loved his loyal dog, Sugie. He loved his land properties and took pride in picking the most beautiful pieces to enjoy. Billy Joe never met a stranger and was kind to everyone he met. He was "Big Daddy" to his grandchildren first and later to everyone else who came to know him. We would like to give our thanks to his caregiver, Tony, and the special people at Covenant Hospice Care. Billy Joe was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Georgia. Survivors: Brother, Kermit; sons and daughters-in-law, Boston and Cindy, Coke and Tracy, Mixon and Amy, and Bo and JoAnne; grandchildren, Boston, Angie, Courtney, Shannon, Billy Joe, Bowen, Kendall, Coke Marshall, Callie, Tabor, Hunter, AJ and Cody; great-grandchildren, Naudia, Loudon, Georgia, Emerson, Adam, Cowan and Boston; and countless more loving family members and dear friends.White's Funeral HomeWeatherford, 817-596-4811