Missing
Bettie Kemp Smith
Smith, approximately 2020
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/08/2020
Missing location (approx) :
Long Branch, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 12/15/1947 (73)
Age at the time of disappearance: 72 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 110 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A pastel-colored shirt, white jeans, black and white sneakers, a short wavy black or reddish-brown wig and a baseball cap.
Medical conditions : Smith was in the advanced stAge at the time of disappearance: s of dementia at the time of her disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Smith's ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Smith was last seen at her residence in the 900 block of County Road 158 in Long Branch, Texas on June 8, 2020. Her son saw her go out onto the porch that evening; she enjoyed spending time outside. When he went outside to tell her to get ready for bed, she was gone. She had apparently wandered away and has never been heard from again.
The police were called at 11:00 p.m. and an extensive search began, but it turned up no sign of Smith. She lived with her son and her husband of 55 years at the time of her disappearance. She had wandered away from home before, sometimes hiding after she did so, but would always be found a short time later. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Panola County Sheriff’s Office
903-693-0333
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
Panola County Sheriff’s Office
Jessica Maddox
KLTV 7
October 12, 2004. June 10, 2021; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
