Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Bobby Gerald February 14, 2008

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Bastrop Daily Enterprise -   February 19, 2008




Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Gerald Smith, 74, of Mer Rouge were held at 2

p.m. Monday, February 18, 2008 at Mer Rouge United Methodist Church with the

Rev. Samuel Emanuel, the Rev. Ramon Warren and the Rev. Bo Horne officiating.

Interment followed in Bartholomew Methodist Cemetery under the direction of

Golden Funeral Home.



Mr. Smith was born in Kingsland, Ark. on December 24, 1933 and died peacefully

on February 14, 2008 at Morehouse General Hospital after a lengthy illness.



He was the oldest son of Noel Clark Smith and Trecie Cheshier Smith. He was a

graduate of Bastrop High School, NLU in Monroe and served in the U.S. Army as a

helicopter crew chief. Mr. Smith was retired from International Paper as a

Planning and Scheduling Supervisor for Construction Services. He was also a

hunter, fisherman and an avid LSU fan. He dearly loved his Mer Rouge Methodist

Church.



Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Betty Carpenter Smith; children,

Elisabeth Smith Stack, John Frederick Smith and wife Lauren, and Robert Smith;

brother, Jimmy Clark Smith and wife Louise; grandchildren, Carol Stack, Joel

Stack, Maggie Stack and John Garrett Smith; aunts, Bea Rhodes, Frances Russell

and Ruby Heuguely; and nephews, Jimbo Smith, Kelly Smith and David Smith.



Honorary pallbearers were his sons, John and Robert Smith; brother, Jimmy Smith;

nephew, Jimbo Smith; and special friends, Kenneth Honeycutt and Walter Hull.



A special thanks goes to his classmate, friend and doctor, Dr. Carter Cox, Dr.

Marshall Leary, Dr. David Raines and Dr. Robert Ewing.



Memorials may be made to the Methodist Childrens Home at P.O. Box 929, Ruston,

LA 71273.

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