Obituary of Curtis Wallace Smith, Sr., Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: August 28, 2004



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OBITUARY:  Mr. Curtis Wallace Smith, Sr.
May 26, 2003

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. CURTIS WALLACE SMITH, SR. KNOWN TO EVERYONE AS 
"C.W. OR CURT" WILL BE HELD 11 AM MONDAY MAY 26, 2003 FROM THE OLD BETHEL 
BAPTIST CHURCH AT CLARKS WITH THE REV'S: JIMMY GOODMAN & HOWARD HUDSON 
OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE WRIGHT CEMETERY AT SIKES WITH 
SERVICES UNDER DIRECTION OF RISER FUNERAL HOME OF COLUMBIA.
     
CURTIS WALLACE SMITH, SR. WAS BORN ON DEC. 7, 1921 AT SIKES, LA. TO THE 
UNION OF HIS PARENTS THE LATE WALTER ROBERT & CAMELIA ISABELLA WHITE SMITH.
HE PASSED FROM THIS LIFE ON MAY 24, 2003 AT THE CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER IN 
COLUMBIA FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. MR.SMITH WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD 
WAR II HAVING SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER, 
WELDER, & MACHINIST. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GRAYSON BAPTIST CHURCH BUT WAS 
PRESENTLY ATTENDING THE GRAYSON METHODIST CHRCH. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH 
BY HIS WIFE MRS. HELEN LOUISE THOMAS SMITH ON MAY 23, 1981. HE WAS ALSO 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON ROBERT ERVIN SMITH & BY THREE BROTHERS STACY, 
DELMAR, & MACK SMITH.
     
SURVIVING HIM ARE 2 SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: ROY & LISA SMITH, OF CLARKS. 
WALLACE & BETTYANN SMITH OF GRAYSON. 4 DAUGHTERS & SONS-IN-LAW: MARILYN & 
J.P. MAUFFRAY OF JENA. CAROLYN & LEWIS FREEMAN OF GREENVILLE, MS. SHARON & 
ALBERT THOMPSON OF GRAYSON, & KATHY & CHUCK MC DONALD, OF KELLY.
SPECIAL FRIENDS TINY & TROY FLETCHER OF KELLY. BROTHER & SISTER-IN-LAW: 
JACK & VIRGINIA SMITH OF WINNFIELD. 2 SISTERS & BROTHERS-IN-LAW: NADINE & 
LISSO SIMMONS, NATCHITOCHES AND NELLINE & LEE FISHER OF MONROE. SISTERS-IN-
LAW: LOIS SMITH, LAKE CHARLES, ANNIE SMITH, WOODLAWN, LA. AND RUBY SMITH 
OF SIKES, LA. 15 GRANDCHILDREN & 8 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
    
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WILL BE ANDY CRUSE, TRACY FREEMAN, BART THOMPSON, 
JOHN SMITH, DUSTY MC DONALD, AND MICAH SMITH.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE BRETT THOMPSON & NICHOLAS SMITH.
    
VISITATION FOR SUNDAY: 2PM UNTIL 10PM,AND ON MONDAY 8AM UNTIL TIME OF 
SERVICE. ALL VISITATION WILL BE AT THE OLD BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, CLARKS,
LA.