Rockwall Assisted Living Resident Agnes Marcile Graham Smithson Turns 104

Agnes Marcile Graham Smithson will mark her 104th birthday on March 7, 2026, at Lakeshore Assisted Living and Memory Care in Rockwall, where she moved after relocating to Texas in 2024. Born March 7, 1922, in Arkansas, Marcile now spends her days enjoying the community’s meals, participating in monthly auctions, and collecting items in her favorite color, lavender.

Marcile’s earliest years were spent on an Arkansas farm, raised alongside two brothers and two sisters, according to family history provided by Lakeshore staff. She married Robert Lansing “Lance” Smithson in 1938; the marriage lasted 57 years until his passing in 1995, a stretch that shaped much of her adult life.

She is the mother of four children — Lynden, Myrna, Dwayla and Drew — and is described by her family as the matriarch of multiple generations. Her legacy includes many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren, although exact numbers were not provided by the facility contact. Marcile has frequently said that her most important calling was raising her four children to follow Jesus Christ and become good citizens.

Over the years Marcile held various jobs, including work in insurance and Avon sales, roles cited by Lakeshore staff as part of her long personal and professional history. Those activities preceded her move to Texas in 2024, when she joined the Lakeshore Assisted Living and Memory Care community in Rockwall; the facility’s monthly auctions and dining program are listed among the activities she enjoys.

Her story and a submitted photograph were provided to local reporters by Julie Chambliss, director of sales and marketing at Lakeshore Assisted Living and Memory Care. Chambliss supplied the biographical details that outline Marcile’s childhood in Arkansas, marriage to Robert Lansing “Lance” Smithson in 1938, and life in Rockwall since 2024.

"Happy soon-to-be 104th birthday to a remarkable woman whose life has been stitched together with faith, family, and love." This forward-looking note captures how staff and family described Marcile as she approaches March 7, 2026, a milestone rooted in a life spanning rural Arkansas, decades of marriage and work, and a multi-generational family now represented in Rockwall County.