Lee Smith

Port Director Chris Fisher administers the oath of office to incoming Port of Beaumont Board Commissioner for Ward 3 LaRue Smith. (Port of Beaumont photo)

Port Director Chris Fisher administers the oath of office to incoming Port of Beaumont Board Commissioner for Ward 3 LaRue Smith. (Port of Beaumont photo)

Port of Beaumont Board swears in LaRue Smith

News Staff
Monday, December 13, 2021
On Dec. 13, LaRue Smith was sworn in as a Port of Beaumont Commissioner for Ward 3, following her appointment on Nov. 15. Commissioner Smith will be filling the unexpired term of her late husband, Ward 3 Commissioner Lee E. Smith.
Port Commissioner Lee Smith died Oct. 12.

Port Commissioner Lee Smith died Oct. 12.

Port mourns longtime commissioner

News Staff
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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.
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