Kathy Gaston, a Society Board Member, will present the program for April’s meeting about Alliene Gaston Coker. Alliene Gaston Coker was the daughter of a prominent Tyler dentist. A lifelong resident of Tyler, Alliene was proud of her family and her city. She was strong of character, becoming the first woman executive of a bank in Tyler, and possibly the state. Come hear her story and that of her family, often in her own words.  

As a museum and archives,  the Smith County Historical Society actively accepts donations of objects and documents! In preparation of this meeting, our Archives Manager and Office Manager inventory and prepare all available information on possible donations and then present them to the committee. We may not accept any item into any of our collections until it has been voted on and approved by this committee. Since the Society is the SMITH COUNTY Historical Society, we do ask that all donations have a relationship to our County and its rich history! If you have items that aren’t Smith County related, but would still like to see them donated to an appropriate institution, we would be happy to direct  you to the best of our abilities! Please do note: all items discussed at the meetings must be received PRIOR to the meeting! With a limited amount of time for our members to discuss each object, document, or photo(s) we try and prep as much as possible before hand!   If you have items you would like to donate, please feel free to call or stop by our offices!

As a museum and archives,  the Smith County Historical Society actively accepts donations of objects and documents! In preparation of this meeting, our Archives Manager and Office Manager inventory and prepare all available information on possible donations and then present them to the committee. We may not accept any item into any of our collections until it has been voted on and approved by this committee. Since the Society is the SMITH COUNTY Historical Society, we do ask that all donations have a relationship to our County and its rich history! If you have items that aren’t Smith County related, but would still like to see them donated to an appropriate institution, we would be happy to direct  you to the best of our abilities! Please do note: all items discussed at the meetings must be received PRIOR to the meeting! With a limited amount of time for our members to discuss each object, document, or photo(s) we try and prep as much as possible before hand!   If you have items you would like to donate, please feel free to call or stop by our offices!

This month’s program speaker will be J.B. Smith. Mr. Smith will be talking about the Investigation Discovery Channel TV show “Lone Star Justice”. This will be an interesting program as he speaks about the  the episodes he will star in. You can see him on the show’s premiere June 5th, 2019, but come see him first at our June 4th Program! J.B. Smith is a Life Member of our Society and a Board Member as well. He was Smith County Sheriff for 36 years before he retired. He has written many books and hosts JB’s Journal on You Tube. Come see our Society’s newest TV Star, J.B. Smith!