Obituaries:  Mr. Alexabder James "A. J." Smith, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       S-530
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 21, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 



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Mr. Alexander James "A. J." Smith

  Mr. Alexander James "A. J." Smith, 84, of Robeline died Sunday,
Jan. 18 at Columbia Highland Hospital in Shreveport.

  Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the
Chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis in Natchitoches. The Rev. Ed E. Holton,
the Rev. George Albritton and the Rev. Don Davis will officiate.

  Mr. Smith was a native of Robeline. He was a retired brand inspector
for the state of La., a U. S. Navy veteran of WWII and served nine
years as a Chief Petty Officer. He was a member of Robeline Baptist
Church and a member of Robeline Masonic Lodge with 50 years of service,
and a lifetime member of the V. F. W. and American Legion. He was also
a member and served on the board of the Los Adaes Foundation.

  Survivors include his widow, Audie Fife Smith of Robeline; one son,
Sonny Weeks of Robeline; one daughter, Daphana McAllen of Waco, Texas;
three sisters, Marie Smith Kelso, of Hitchcock, Texas, Jimmie Ethel
Smith Vaught of Orlando, Fla., Carol Lynn Smith Sandifer of West Texas
and Mary Elizabeth Smith Carr of Bryan, Texas; five grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.

  Pallbearers will be his grandsons.

  Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home Natchitoches, La.