Port Commissioner Lee Smith died Oct. 12.
Port mourns longtime commissioner
News Staff
The Port of Beaumont announced Oct. 12 that longtime Port Commissioner and former board president Lee E. Smith has died at 79.
Smith, first appointed to represent Ward 3 in 2002, was elected board president on May 21, 2018, becoming the first African American to hold the office.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
