Obituary of Essie C. Smith, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, December 23, 1998


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Essie C. Smith

Essie Chelette Smith, 89, of Pineville, died Saturday, December 19, 1998, in
LaSalle General Hospital of Jena.

She was a homemaker.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 22, in First Baptist Church of
Pollock with the Revs. Mickey Hudnall and Ralph Milan officiating.

Interment followed in the Friendship Cemetery near Pollock under direction of
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include two daughters, Hazel Hudnall of Jena and Cora S. Ore of
Pineville; one son, W. E. Smith, Jr., of Sterlington; one sister, Dura Cline
of Ocala, Fla.; one brother, W. L. Chelette of Kansas City, Mo.; 12
grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Danny Smith, David Hudnall, Michael Ore, Joe Henderson, Jim
Byron, Villa Fuselier, Kevin Wilson, and Bert McGuffee.

Honorary pallbearers were Byron Poole, Evan Thacker, Troy Trahan, Ollie
Fuselier, Itieula Tilo, Chris Ore, and Curtis Ore.