Obituary of JEWEL DEAN 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.

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allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  February 25, 1987, Wednesday

Headline:  Obituaries 
Sub-Headline:  Jewel Dean Smith

Jewel Dean Smith, 62, of Jena died at 11:40 a.m. Friday, February 20, 1987, 
at his residence.

He owned and operated Smith Radio and T.V. of Jean and was a veteran of World 
War II.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Good Pine Baptist Church with Revs. S. 
B. Spinks and K. G. Brooks officiating.

Burial followed at Tidwell Cemetery of Jena with arrangements by Hixson 
Brothers Inc. of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rita Smith of Jean; four daughters, Margie 
Methivin, Sandy McDonald, Michelle Dougherty and Becky Hurt, all of Monroe; 
his mother, Mrs. Mamie Smith of Jena; four sisters, Verda Nichols of 
Alexandria, Zeloa Allien and Mavis Walker, both of Jena, and Rita Murell of 
Fordyce, Ark.; three brothers, Johnny Ray Smith and William "Sonny" Smith, 
both of Jena, and Paul Smith of West Monroe; nine grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Johnny Ray Smith, Gary (Butch) Smith, Shep Allien, Scott 
Adams, Darrell Adams and Rusty Adams.

Honorary pallbearers were Herbert Meche, Arnold Hawkins, Walter Bradford, Don 
Steen Huey Martin, Kenneth Boyd, James Hodges and Lonnie Love.