TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for SMITH, NOLAN, SR.
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Kennedy Funeral Home, Raceland, La.

Died: Saturday, October 8, 2016

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SMITH, NOLAN, SR.
Birth: 01/04/1940 - Death: 10/08/2016

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The Reverend Nolan Smith Sr. 76, a native of Lafourche Parish and resident of 
Raceland passed away on October 8, 2016.

Visiting will be held Thursday , October 13, 2016 from 9AM until 10AM  ONLY, 
with a one hour memorial service from 10:00AM until 11:00AM  at New Mount Zion 
Baptist Church in Cutoff, LA.  Then, a motorcade will procede to Third Zion 
Baptist Church of Raceland for funeral services at 12:00 Noon. 

Burial will take place in Third Zion Baptist Church cemetery of Raceland.  

Minister Samuel Triplett and Reverend Dr. Louis Clark will be officiating the 
services.

Pastor Smith, is survived by his devoted Wife, Mrs. Mary Ann P. Smith.  One 
Son, Nolan Smith Jr and wife Jeronica.  Two Daughters, Anita S. Taplin and 
Crissy M. Smith.  One Brother, Howard Smith Sr.  Two Sisters, Gladys S. Triggs, 
Bernice S. Marts and husband Clarence. One Granddaughter, Jerrilyn Smith.

Pastor Smith, is preceeded in death by his parents, Elnora and Alvin Smith. One 
Brother, Albert Smith Sr. Grandparents, Bertha and Louis Smith,  Benjamin and 
Frances Reado, Son-in-law, Roosevelt Taplin; One Brother in law, Warner Triggs 
and  one Sister in law, Mary C . Smith.

Pastor Smith was a faithful shepherd and pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist 
Church of Larose for 43 years, and the Third Zion Baptist Church of Raceland 
for 32 years.  He was a retired bus driver for the Lafourche Parish School 
District and is well remembered as a mentor for many young ministers and young 
people. 
He served as a Chairman of Communication and Evangelism for the Fifth District 
of the Louisiana Southern Baptist Convention, was an active member of the 
Louisiana Southern Baptist State Convention, and the National Southern Baptist 
Convention, (USA Inc.)

He has also served as a member of: the Lafourche Parish Advisory Board 
Committee for Senior Citizens, Advisory Board of Bayou Home Health Care, 
Lafourche Parish Red Cross, Lafourche Parish Home Rule Charter Commission, 
Lafourche Parish Indigent Defender Board, Advisory Board on Teenage Pregnancy 
at Nicholls State University, Advisory Board on Athlete and Home Economics at 
Nicholls State University, Special Task Force for Lafourche Parish School 
Board, The Hand Book Commission of Lafourche Parish School Board, and was an 
Honorary member of Secretary of State of LA appointed by Commissioner James H. 
Brown. Other community service includes former Board Memberships for the 
Lafourche Parish Recreational Board for the Raceland Area, and the North 
Lafourche Parish Levee District.  
He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening as hobbies. 

He touched many lives and will be sadly missed.  

Kennedy Funeral Home in Raceland is in charge of arrangements

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