Jacob Sidney Smith Obituary, 1947, Grant Co., AR
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Date: 17 Aug 2001

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Jacob Sidney Smith

(Died 13 April 1947)[Clipping from scrapbook - quoted with comments in
(parenthesis)]Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, AR, date unknown

	Jacob Sidney Smith, Aged 76 (*error), Dies Here Sunday Afternoon
Jacob Sidney Smith, 81, retired farmer and well known resident of Grant
county for 76 years, died Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the home
of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fikes, 1704West 5th
avenue, following a stroke suffered a week ago.
	Mr. Smith became ill in March with an attack of the flu, which was
followed by a stroke suffered at the home of his daughter.  Since last
Wednesday his condition had been regarded as serious.
	Born in Lexington county, South Carolina on March 9, 1866, he was
the	son of the late George and Mary (*error should be Caroline not Mary)
Koon Smith.
	Mr. Smith came to Grant county with his parents when five years of
age and had continued to reside within a mile of the site of the family
home.
	He received his education in the schools of Grant county.
	Mr. Smith was married to the former Miss Catherine Isabel Whiteon
Jan. 15, 1890, in Grant county and to this union were born eleven children,
all of whom survive with the exception of one son, the late Oscar Smith.
Mrs. Smith (Catherine Isabel) died on Dec. 23, 1929.
	On April 25, 1932, Mr. Smith was married to the former Miss Ola Baugh
in Grant county and to this union were born two children.
	He was a member of the Sardis Baptist church in Grapevine and had been
actively connected with the work of the church.
	Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Smith of Grant county; eight sons,
John Noah Smith, Bryant Smith, Fagan Smith of Pine Bluff, Albert Smith of
Cedar Branch, Marvin Smith and Thea Smith of Sheridan, Bobby Dean Smith
and Sidney Carlton Smith of Grant county; four daughters,Mrs. H. B. (Nora)
Carleton and Mrs. H. J. (Fay) Fikes of Pine Bluff, Mrs. J. D. (Fronia)
Goldman of Providence and Mrs. Curtis (Alice) Collins of Houston, Texas;
one brother, Lonnie S. Smith of Grapevine; one sister,Mrs. Luly Heird of
Cedar Branch; 33 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and number of other
relatives.
	Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the
Sardis Baptist church at Grapevine in charge of the Rev. R. M. Elswick,
pastor of the Baptist church of Nashville, Ark., and the Rev. Parks of
Prattsville, pastor of the Baptist church at Cedar Branch.
	Burial will be in Cedar Branch cemetery, in charge of Ralph Robinson
and Son mortuary.
	Active pallbearers will be the following grandsons:  George Smith,
Stergin Smith, Arlee Smith, Stanley Smith, J. D. Smith, C. D. Smith, Eugene
Carleton, James Sterling Goldman and Bonnie Smith.
	Honorary pallbearers will be C. A. Fikes, Roy Fikes, Otis Brewer, Leon
Worthen, J. E. Worthen, Alma Moss, Garland Worthen, Andy Crossett, Preston
Plunkett, Floyd Kelly, Henry Grimmett, Dr. C. B. Capel, Mallie Jeffcoat,
Homer Lawrence, George Falls, Carl Falls, Champion Worthen, Ray Moran, Robert
Ross, C. D. Buckley, A. M. Nicholson, and T. J. Taylor, A. C. Ross, T. A. Lites,
Johnnie Hedden, Charley Bradford, Hermie Ashcraft, Hugh Lowman, Clyde Lowman,
John Plunkett of Grapevine, Thea Shell and W. H. Fielding of Ladd, and George
Reynolds of Sheridan.
	The remains of Mr. Smith will be at the home of his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Fikes, 1704 West Fifth avenue.
	The funeral cortege will leave the home Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.