Obituary of MILES T. SMITH, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm
at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  Jan 11, 1934, Thursday

Headline:  Miles T. Smith Dies of Heart Attack in Jena Last Monday

Funeral services were held at the Nolly Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday 
afternoon at three o'clock for Miles T. Smith, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 8 
days, interment following in the cemetery with Rev L. D. Posey officiating.  
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Kinner and Stevens, local 
funeral directors.

Mr Smith died at 7 o'clock Monday at the home of his son, Howard Smith, after 
suffering a heart stgroke at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

The deceased had been a resident of this section for several years and leaves 
many friends and relatives to mourn his death.  Members of the immediate 
famiy who survive him are the following sons and daughters:  Lewis, Meridian, 
Miss.; Howard, Jena, and Gerald, Jena; Mrs A. S. Leverett, Shreveport; Mrs 
Mattie Epperson, DeKalb, Texas; Mrs Cappie Waggoner, Campti, and Mrs J. M. 
Coleman, Jena.