Photo by Jim Epperson Marjorie Roper's pecan tree uprooted like many trees across Texas. A giant pecan tree fell in Marjorie Roper's yard when the eye of what was left of Hurricane Ike passed through Bullard.

Like Roper's pecans, many trees across East Texas snapped or were completely uprooted. There were roughly 87 trees that had the same fate and blocked roadways in Smith County, and 58 places where power lines were down. The county had about two roads closed due to flooding and high water. And the county knew of 12 homes where trees landed on them. And one business roof collapsed in Troup.

"I remember when my mom planted these trees about 80 years ago," Roper said, who is a lifelong resident of Bullard.

A tree fell on Carroll Chaffin's truck that sat in his driveway. Chaffin, who lives in Bullard, said he never lost electricity but the tree damaged the top and bed of his truck. And a huge Bois d'arc tree fell behind Austin Bank.

The Bullard fire department responded to about 20 calls this weekend. Most of the calls were from trees blocking roads. But they also responded to a house fire on Saturday and a hay barrel fire of Sunday. Both fires were storm related, Bullard Volunteer Fire Department chief Keith Newburn said.

Approximately 11,000 Smith County residents were without power on Monday, and there were 500 repair personnel working to restore power.

The Smith County Road and Bridge Department cleared more than 100 road sites by Saturday night, Smith County Commissioner JoAnn Fleming said.

"Smith County has damage assessment teams out at this time checking for the extent of damage to our area," Fleming said Monday.