Coosa County ALArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Isaac Patrick ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald D Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net June 1999 "MR. I. P. SMITH DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS On Monday morning September 4, at eight thirty o'clock, Mr. I. P. Smith died at his home, Rockford, Rt. 2, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Smith was born in January, 1862 in the Flint Hill Community, Coosa county, later moving to this present home Rockford, Rt. 2, where he reared a family of eight children. He is survived by his widow and seven children, Ellis Smith, Gantts Quarry; Albert Smith, Dewey Smith, Hattie Smith, Jewel Smith, of Rockford Rt. 2, and Huey Smith, of Rockford; one sister, Mrs. W. H. Thomas, Rockford, Rt. 1; one brother, J. M. Smith, Rockford, Rt. 2; and five grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hanover. Mr. Smith was a man who had the utmost respect of his neighbors and friends. It was said by Mr. Pinson, at the funeral, that, for several years he had known Mr. Smith, and he had never heard any person say anything that was not a credit to him. Funeral services were held at Andrew's Chapel Church, 2:00 o'clock, Tuesday, with internment in the church cemetery, the Reverend C. D. Dobbs in charge, Dr. J. G. Pinson assisting." (1) (1) The Rockford Chronicle, 7 Sep 1939, p. 1. Printed in Rockford, Coosa Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, AL. Additional Comments: Isaac Patrick Smith (b. 18 Jan 1862 in Flint Hill Community, Coosa Co., AL & d. 4 Sep 1939 in Coosa Co., AL) married Amanda Alice Logan (b. 22 Mar 1867 in Coosa Co., AL & d. 27 May 1950 in Coosa Co., AL) on 12 Jan 1888 in Coosa Co., AL. They are both buried in Andrew's Chapel, United Methodist Church, Cemetery, Coosa Co., AL. File at:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/coosa/obits/smith-ip.txt