Obituary of WILLIE RUDOLPH SMITH, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:  January 26, 2000, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

Willie R. Smith, 77, of Jena, died at 6:20 p.m., Wednesday, January 19, 2000, 
in LaSalle General Hospital of Jena.

He was retired from the public works department for the Town of Jena, a 
retired logger and a member of East Jena Baptist Church where he served as 
custodian for 29 years.  He was also a veteran of the United States Army.

Services were at 2 p.m., Friday, January 21, at East Jena Baptist Church with 
the Revs. Craig James and Johnnie Phillips officiating.

Interment followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Jena under direction of 
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include two daughters, Jean Smith of Jena and Grace Wiley of Larto; 
four sons, Charles Milton Smith of Pineville, Rev. Curtis Smith of 
Waterproof, Jimmy Dale Smith and Donnie W. Smith, both of Jena; two sisters, 
Lessie Ford and Bessie Brown, both of Jonesville; 11 grandchildren and 19 
great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Charles Edwin Smith, Jimmy Dale Smith Jr., Shayne Smith, 
Johnathan Smith, Marvin Clark and Dustin Clark.

Honorary pallbearers were Ronald Andrews, Burl Clark, Doc Eubanks, Dudley 
Walker, Dugan Powell, Sonny Smith, Billy D. Boyd, and Carlos M. Boyd.