Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, RAY A. SR. March 18, 2010
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise - March 19, 2010
Ray A. Smith Sr.   


Funeral services for Mr. Ray A. Smith Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, 
March 20, 2010 at the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop with the Rev. 
Douglas Edwards officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. 
Visitation with the family was held Friday, March 19 at Cox Funeral Home of 
Bastrop. 

Ray Allen Smith Sr. was born December 23, 1923 in Morehouse Parish to the late 
Byard E. "Doc" Smith and Lula Ozell Neighbors Smith and he died Thursday, 
March 18, 2010 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. 

Mr. Smith, a retired automotive mechanic, was a member of the First Church of 
God of Bastrop for over sixty-four years, a graduate of Bonita High School and 
a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Navy. 

He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife of forty years, Elyse Marie 
Hindmon Smith; and a sister, Bertha Mae Holland. 

Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of twenty years, Peggy Pierce Smith of 
Bastrop; his son, Ray A. "Al" Smith Jr. and his wife Mary Rose Smith of 
Bastrop; grandson Chad Smith and his wife Dee Smith and their children, Elise, 
Cheyenne, and Hunter Smith; children by marriage, Soraya Cooper-Ward and her 
husband L.W. Ward Jr. of Bastrop, Lisa Johnson and her husband Michael Johnson 
of Bastrop, Theresa Priest and husband David Priest of Atlanta, Texas, Greg 
McDonald and his wife Crystal McDonald of Bastrop; two sisters, Debbie Couch 
and her husband Bro. Louis Couch of Bastrop, Lillie Pearl Carr and her husband 
Paul Carr of Milo, Ark.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and 
his beloved dog, Dixie-Belle. 

Serving as pallbearers are Gary Doss, Billy Watkins, Gary Olin, L.W. Ward Jr., 
Michael Johnson, and Billy Banks. Honorary pallbearers will be Doyle Hindmon, 
Paul Carr, and Louis Couch. 

For those who wish the family suggest memorials be made to the First Church of 
God, 525 East Madison Avenue, Bastrop, Louisiana 71220.  
 


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