Smithville remembers longtime local

Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run

SMITHVILLE — The Smithville community is mourning the death of a well-known resident whom relatives described as a kind and humble soul following a fatal hit-and-run last week.

Jimmie Lee Jones died Oct. 11 after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of Super Donuts in Smithville, according to the Smithville Police Department. Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. to reports of an unresponsive man at 1403 NW Loop 230 and said Jones was taken to a hospital in Austin, where he later died from his injuries.