Obituary of O. J. Smith, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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


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SMITH, O. J.

 O. J. Smith, 85, of Jonesville, died Friday, February 6, 1998, at LaSalle
General Hospital in Jena following an extended illness.

 He was a retired foreman for the Louisiana Department of Highways and a
member of Lake Lily Baptist Church in the Sandy Lake community.

 Services were held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at Lake Lily Baptist Church 
with the Revs. Frank Bass and Russell Hathcock officiating.

 Burial followed in the Heard Cemetery near Manifest under direction of
Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville.

 Survivors include his wife, Bessie Smith of Jonesville; five sons, A. J.
Smith of Monterey, John Harvy Smith, Ivy Lavon Smith, Carl Edward Smith and
Marshall Louis Smith, all of Jonesville; two daughters, Betty Jo Moreland of
Monterey and Virginia Gail White of Jonesville; one brother, Alton Smith of
Jonesville; 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

 Pallbearers were Brandon Smith, Randal Smith, John Wesley Smith, Jonathon
Smith, Darrell White, Jr. and Stephen Moreland.

(The Jena Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1998)