IN MEMORIAM
Felix (Lex) Smith Verity, 104;
Diplomat, Exec Travelled World
UNADILLA – Felix (Lex) Smith Verity, 104, a former diplomat and executive who owned property in Unadilla as well as Cold Spring and Manhattan, died May 19, 2019.
(Lex) was born Feb. 27, 1915, in Readville, Mass., the son of John William Verity of Yorkshire, England, and Anna Evangeline Appleby of New Brunswick, Canada.
Anna was the descendant of one of five Appleby brothers who left New York State about 1750 for residence in New Brunswick. Lex's early youth was spent in Canton, Mass., with his parents, where his father’s siblings also resided.
