Phyllis Marie

Smith

Phyllis Marie Smith, 85, of Seguin, Texas, passed away on Saturday November 7, 2026. She was born Phyllis Marie Terry on May 25, 1941, in Plattsburgh, New York. She was the youngest of five children of Earl William Terry and Mary Cordelia Florence Adams Terry. 

On May 13, 1961, she married Charles Douglas Smith in Augusta, Georgia, and they shared 65 years together. Phyllis loved to take care of people. She was funny, youthful, and she had a beautiful way of looking at life. Anyone who came through her door was made to feel welcome. She adored her dogs and her cat, Mister, and they adored her right back. We all loved her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, in June; her parents, her sisters Joan Marilyn Terry, Sylvia Ann Terry Taughinbaugh and Carol Jane Terry Keffer, her brother Earl William Terry, Jr. She is survived by her son Don Smith (Jennifer), her daughter Sharon Mendenhall (Stuart), grandchildren Ashlee Washer (Aaron), Kyle Mendenhall (Erika), Trevor Mendenhall (Sara) and her great-grandchildren.