Shirley Marie Smith (née Camp), born in Houston, TX, was the third daughter and sixth child of Clarence Elwood and Clara Inez Camp (née Moore). She attended Reagan High School. She was married to her husband Dr. Alfred E. Smith for 47 years until his death last December. She was a golfer, for many years a member of Pine Forrest Country Club, and dedicated mother and grandmother, winning her immediate family’s award for Mother of the Year so many years in a row that the category was retired.