Brenda Kay (Hall) Smith, 57, died on Feb. 2, 2024, in Lampasas. She was born on May 3, 1966, in Lampasas to Danny and Donna (Mason) Hall.
Visitation will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel in Lampasas on Feb. 9 from 5-7 p.m.
Funeral services will be Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel, with interment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Brenda grew up in Lampasas. She graduated from Lampasas High School in 1984.
After high school, she attended Central Texas College in Killeen where she earned an associate degree in business.
In 1994, she began her career at the Lampasas Dispatch Record as a graphic designer and worked her way up to office manager/bookkeeper for the newspaper. This year, she would have celebrated 30 years at the Dispatch Record.
Brenda was devoted to her family. She enjoyed cooking, watching old sitcoms and spending time with family.
Brenda was preceded in death by her parents; her grandmother, Lola Mason; and her brother, Ronnie Hall.
Survivors include her daughter, Stephanie Baumann and husband Ryan of El Campo; her brother, Paul Hall and wife Lisa of Kempner; her sister, Melissa Hall and fiance Nathaniel Wanner of Harper; a nephew, Levi Burney of Lampasas; nieces Isabella Reinhardt of Harper and Tiffany Hall of Adamsville; uncles Elver Hall and wife Verna of Kentucky (formerly of Liberty Hill), and Arliss Hall of Michigan; and numerous cousins.
Memorial donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrf.org.
