Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson, 93, a homemaker, died Thursday, April 11, 2002, in Fort Worth.
Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson was born in Fort Worth in 1909 and lived for the first years of her life on a ranch on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Fisher County. She was otherwise a lifelong resident of Fort Worth. She was the descendant of two of Fort Worth's pioneer families: her paternal grandfather was John Peter Smith, a mayor of Fort Worth, and generous donor of land for civic use, called by some "the Father of Fort Worth." Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Christopher Terrell, an early attorney, whose original homestead was the land where the Fort Worth Club Building now is located and whose small law office building housed the first home of what became the First National Bank of Fort Worth. "Capt. Terrell's Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth," first published in 1906, was republished by the TCU Press in 1999.
Mrs. Hudson graduated from TCU. She was married in 1933 to Edward Randall Hudson, an attorney and oilman, who served for many years on the Tarrant County Water Board, the Tarrant County Junior College Board and was chairman of the board of St. Joseph's Hospital. Her husband died in 1972.
Mrs. Hudson was active in civic affairs. She took great interest in the early history of Fort Worth, particularly in the Tarrant County Historical Society. She was a devoted member of the Kimbell and the Modern Art museums. She was an active supporter of the effort to retain the Thomas Eakins' painting, "The Swimming Hole," for Fort Worth. She was a member of River Crest and Shady Oaks Country Clubs, and the Fort Worth Club. She was a member of the Assembly. She belonged to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and served as Texas state president of that organization. She was a lifelong Methodist and a member of First United Methodist Church.
In 1994 she donated matching funds to make possible the granite sculptures by Brad Goldberg located just West of Heritage Park, given in memory of her grandfather, John Peter Smith. The site is that of the first schoolhouse in Fort Worth in which her grandfather was the first teacher.
Mrs. Hudson lived for the last 45 years in one of the first houses built in the River Crest area.
A son, Joseph Christopher Hudson, died at birth. A grandson, Julian Hudson Ard, died in 1984.
She will be buried in the Hudson family plot at Oakwood Cemetery which was one of John Peter Smith's gifts to the city of Fort Worth.
Survivors: Children, Edward Randall Hudson Jr. and and his wife, Carolyn, William Arthur Hudson II and his wife, Betty, and Mary Terrell Hudson Ard; grandchildren, Randall Hudson, Frasher Pergande, Emily Hudson-Patil and Terrell Ard Rensch; and great-grandsons, Morgan Pergande, Graham Pergande, Spencer Pergande, and Edward Hudson IV.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation: will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at her late residence.
Memorials: The family requests that expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers be made to the Tarrant County Historical Society, American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.
Published by Star-Telegram on Apr. 12, 2002.
Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson was born in Fort Worth in 1909 and lived for the first years of her life on a ranch on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Fisher County. She was otherwise a lifelong resident of Fort Worth. She was the descendant of two of Fort Worth's pioneer families: her paternal grandfather was John Peter Smith, a mayor of Fort Worth, and generous donor of land for civic use, called by some "the Father of Fort Worth." Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Christopher Terrell, an early attorney, whose original homestead was the land where the Fort Worth Club Building now is located and whose small law office building housed the first home of what became the First National Bank of Fort Worth. "Capt. Terrell's Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth," first published in 1906, was republished by the TCU Press in 1999.
Mrs. Hudson graduated from TCU. She was married in 1933 to Edward Randall Hudson, an attorney and oilman, who served for many years on the Tarrant County Water Board, the Tarrant County Junior College Board and was chairman of the board of St. Joseph's Hospital. Her husband died in 1972.
Mrs. Hudson was active in civic affairs. She took great interest in the early history of Fort Worth, particularly in the Tarrant County Historical Society. She was a devoted member of the Kimbell and the Modern Art museums. She was an active supporter of the effort to retain the Thomas Eakins' painting, "The Swimming Hole," for Fort Worth. She was a member of River Crest and Shady Oaks Country Clubs, and the Fort Worth Club. She was a member of the Assembly. She belonged to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and served as Texas state president of that organization. She was a lifelong Methodist and a member of First United Methodist Church.
In 1994 she donated matching funds to make possible the granite sculptures by Brad Goldberg located just West of Heritage Park, given in memory of her grandfather, John Peter Smith. The site is that of the first schoolhouse in Fort Worth in which her grandfather was the first teacher.
Mrs. Hudson lived for the last 45 years in one of the first houses built in the River Crest area.
A son, Joseph Christopher Hudson, died at birth. A grandson, Julian Hudson Ard, died in 1984.
She will be buried in the Hudson family plot at Oakwood Cemetery which was one of John Peter Smith's gifts to the city of Fort Worth.
Survivors: Children, Edward Randall Hudson Jr. and and his wife, Carolyn, William Arthur Hudson II and his wife, Betty, and Mary Terrell Hudson Ard; grandchildren, Randall Hudson, Frasher Pergande, Emily Hudson-Patil and Terrell Ard Rensch; and great-grandsons, Morgan Pergande, Graham Pergande, Spencer Pergande, and Edward Hudson IV.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation: will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at her late residence.
Memorials: The family requests that expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers be made to the Tarrant County Historical Society, American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.
Published by Star-Telegram on Apr. 12, 2002.
Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson, 93, a homemaker, died Thursday, April 11, 2002, in Fort Worth.
Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson was born in Fort Worth in 1909 and lived for the first years of her life on a ranch on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Fisher County. She was otherwise a lifelong resident of Fort Worth. She was the descendant of two of Fort Worth's pioneer families: her paternal grandfather was John Peter Smith, a mayor of Fort Worth, and generous donor of land for civic use, called by some "the Father of Fort Worth." Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Christopher Terrell, an early attorney, whose original homestead was the land where the Fort Worth Club Building now is located and whose small law office building housed the first home of what became the First National Bank of Fort Worth. "Capt. Terrell's Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth," first published in 1906, was republished by the TCU Press in 1999.
Mrs. Hudson graduated from TCU. She was married in 1933 to Edward Randall Hudson, an attorney and oilman, who served for many years on the Tarrant County Water Board, the Tarrant County Junior College Board and was chairman of the board of St. Joseph's Hospital. Her husband died in 1972.
Mrs. Hudson was active in civic affairs. She took great interest in the early history of Fort Worth, particularly in the Tarrant County Historical Society. She was a devoted member of the Kimbell and the Modern Art museums. She was an active supporter of the effort to retain the Thomas Eakins' painting, "The Swimming Hole," for Fort Worth. She was a member of River Crest and Shady Oaks Country Clubs, and the Fort Worth Club. She was a member of the Assembly. She belonged to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and served as Texas state president of that organization. She was a lifelong Methodist and a member of First United Methodist Church.
In 1994 she donated matching funds to make possible the granite sculptures by Brad Goldberg located just West of Heritage Park, given in memory of her grandfather, John Peter Smith. The site is that of the first schoolhouse in Fort Worth in which her grandfather was the first teacher.
Mrs. Hudson lived for the last 45 years in one of the first houses built in the River Crest area.
A son, Joseph Christopher Hudson, died at birth. A grandson, Julian Hudson Ard, died in 1984.
She will be buried in the Hudson family plot at Oakwood Cemetery which was one of John Peter Smith's gifts to the city of Fort Worth.
Survivors: Children, Edward Randall Hudson Jr. and and his wife, Carolyn, William Arthur Hudson II and his wife, Betty, and Mary Terrell Hudson Ard; grandchildren, Randall Hudson, Frasher Pergande, Emily Hudson-Patil and Terrell Ard Rensch; and great-grandsons, Morgan Pergande, Graham Pergande, Spencer Pergande, and Edward Hudson IV.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation: will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at her late residence.
Memorials: The family requests that expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers be made to the Tarrant County Historical Society, American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.
Published by Star-Telegram on Apr. 12, 2002.
Josephine Terrell Smith Hudson was born in Fort Worth in 1909 and lived for the first years of her life on a ranch on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Fisher County. She was otherwise a lifelong resident of Fort Worth. She was the descendant of two of Fort Worth's pioneer families: her paternal grandfather was John Peter Smith, a mayor of Fort Worth, and generous donor of land for civic use, called by some "the Father of Fort Worth." Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Christopher Terrell, an early attorney, whose original homestead was the land where the Fort Worth Club Building now is located and whose small law office building housed the first home of what became the First National Bank of Fort Worth. "Capt. Terrell's Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fort Worth," first published in 1906, was republished by the TCU Press in 1999.
Mrs. Hudson graduated from TCU. She was married in 1933 to Edward Randall Hudson, an attorney and oilman, who served for many years on the Tarrant County Water Board, the Tarrant County Junior College Board and was chairman of the board of St. Joseph's Hospital. Her husband died in 1972.
Mrs. Hudson was active in civic affairs. She took great interest in the early history of Fort Worth, particularly in the Tarrant County Historical Society. She was a devoted member of the Kimbell and the Modern Art museums. She was an active supporter of the effort to retain the Thomas Eakins' painting, "The Swimming Hole," for Fort Worth. She was a member of River Crest and Shady Oaks Country Clubs, and the Fort Worth Club. She was a member of the Assembly. She belonged to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and served as Texas state president of that organization. She was a lifelong Methodist and a member of First United Methodist Church.
In 1994 she donated matching funds to make possible the granite sculptures by Brad Goldberg located just West of Heritage Park, given in memory of her grandfather, John Peter Smith. The site is that of the first schoolhouse in Fort Worth in which her grandfather was the first teacher.
Mrs. Hudson lived for the last 45 years in one of the first houses built in the River Crest area.
A son, Joseph Christopher Hudson, died at birth. A grandson, Julian Hudson Ard, died in 1984.
She will be buried in the Hudson family plot at Oakwood Cemetery which was one of John Peter Smith's gifts to the city of Fort Worth.
Survivors: Children, Edward Randall Hudson Jr. and and his wife, Carolyn, William Arthur Hudson II and his wife, Betty, and Mary Terrell Hudson Ard; grandchildren, Randall Hudson, Frasher Pergande, Emily Hudson-Patil and Terrell Ard Rensch; and great-grandsons, Morgan Pergande, Graham Pergande, Spencer Pergande, and Edward Hudson IV.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation: will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at her late residence.
Memorials: The family requests that expressions of sympathy in lieu of flowers be made to the Tarrant County Historical Society, American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.
Published by Star-Telegram on Apr. 12, 2002.
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