Lewis Scott Smith

Lewis Scott Smith, 75, of Houston, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston.

He was born on May 27, 1944 to his parents, Buford Lewis Smith and Mildred Maurine Newton Smith in Port Arthur, Texas. Lewis was raised in Port Arthur and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1962. He attended and graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont. Lewis served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a credit manager for Kerr-McGee Refining (Formerly Gulf Refining) for many years.

Lewis is preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his sisters, Marilyn Roecker of Magnolia, Claudine Patteson and her husband, Harland of Nederland, Maureen Dartez and her husband, Gene of Baton Rouge, LA., his brother, William Munson of Beaumont along with numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Service to honor Lewis’s life will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 19, 2020 in the Thompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton Thompson. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park.