Carl Shabaskin Smith

Carl Shabaskin Smith

Funeral services for Carl Shabaskin Smith, former Bastrop resident will be held on Saturday, October  25, 2025 at St. John Missionary Baptist at eleven a.m. The interment will follow the services in H. V. Adams Cemetery. Rev. Steven R. Conley will serve as the officiant.   To send flowers, plants, words of condolence, or light a candle, kindly follow directions to the right.

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As a precautionary measure, family and friends are urged to turn on emergency flashers as we  travel to H. V. Adams.

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In the  small southeastern  city of  Lafayette, Louisiana, Elizabeth Scates Gordon and James D. Smith became parents  of a bouncing baby boy.  They named him Carl Shabhaskin Smith.  He was reared by Eva and Quenon Kyles.   As a child Carl attended St. John Missionary Baptist Church.

Carl attended Grambling State University where he played the tuba in Grambling's  band.  After graduation he moved to Dallas, Texas, and began a career with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

His laughter was infectious.  He loved to joke around with family and friends,  Carl loved life and will be missed by all who knew him,

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