Houston County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smoak, Susan Alice (Means) January 19, 1938
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Houston Home Journal (Perry, GA), Thursday, 27 January 1938, page 1, column 2
Mrs. Andrew A. Smoak Passes At Home Here January 19
     Mrs. Andrew A. Smoak, age 73, passed away at her home here Wednesday 
night after a long illness.  She was before her marriage 54 years ago, Miss 
Susan Alice Means, of Elko.
     Mrs. Smoak was a member of the Perry Methodist church, of the Sgt. 
Clinton D. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and of 
the Gen. Daniel C. Stewart chapter of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution.  She was a Sunday school teacher for several years.
     She is survived by her husband who is a prominent farmer and financier of 
this community.  Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Long, Fort 
Valley; Mrs. C. P. Marshall, Lakeland, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. C. I. Bennett, 
Macon; three brothers, R. J. Means, Winston-Salem, N. C.; J. D. Means, Elko; 
Z. B. Means, Portsmouth, Va.
     Seven grandchildren survive:  Mrs. Geo. Davis and Mrs. Chas. Culpepper, 
Jacksonville, Fla.; Legare Day, Macon; C. P. Marshall, Jr., Andrew Smoak 
Marshall, and Jack Marshall, Lakeland, Fla.; and Walter Murray, Jr., Bronwood, 
Ga.  Five great-grandchildren also survive:  Dorothy, Jimmie, and Beverly 
Culpepper; Geo. Davis, Jr., and Charles P. Marshall, III.
     Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 p. m. Friday with the 
Rev. L. C. Gray, Methodist pastor, officiating.  Interment followed in 
Evergreen cemetry [sic].
     Pallbearers were E. F. Barfield, S. A. Nunn, J. W. Bloodworth, C. E. 
Andrew, S. L. Norwood, W. K. Whipple, C. E. McLendon, Q. J. Mathews.  A number 
of family friends acted as honorary pallbearers.
     Among the out-of-town relatives attending the funeral were:  Mr. and Mrs. 
J. L. Long and Mrs. A. J. Houser, Jr., Fort Valley; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. 
Marshall and sons, Lakeland, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Culpepper and daughter, 
Dorothy and Mrs. Chas. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Legare Day, 
Macon; Mr. Perry Smoak, Jr., and daughter, Mrs. Barnes, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. 
Charlie Smoak and daughter, Mary Griffin; Mrs. C. I. Bennett and Miss Louise 
Bryan, Macon; Mr. J. D. Means, Elko; Mr. Walter Murray and son, Walter, Jr., 
Bronwood, Ga.

Additional Comments:
Susan Alice Means was born 3 July 1864 in Houston Co., the son of Dr. Matthew 
Harvey Means and Martha Virginia (Lester) Means.  Alice married Andrew Asbury 
Smoak on 25 October 1882 in Houston Co., GA.

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