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Weldon John Smith
Born: February 22nd, 1928
Died: January 24th, 2007
Obituary
Smith, Weldon John
Weldon served 6 years at end of World War II and beginning of Korean Conflict. Then served 51 years as Law Enforcement Officer in Texas Panhandle. Former Sheriff and Constable in Swisher County. He also served with Plainview PD. He attended schools at Prairie View and then high school in Dublin where he graduated and he attended Wayland Baptist Univ. He married Ruth Boedeker on January 24, 1958 in Providence. He served in the US Air Force. He was in Law Enforcement for 51 years serving in the Plainview Police Dept, Hale Co., Sheriff Dept. In 1968 they moved to Tulia and he was the Chief of Police for 15 years then a Swisher Co. Deputy Sheriff for several years and then the Swisher Co., Constable for several years. He was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church in Tulia. Survivors include his wife and three sons. He is preceded in death by a brother and a great grandson. He was 78.
(Obit from Find-A-Grave)