Ouachita-Bienville County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMART, SAMUEL L. October 20, 2008
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News Star World - October 24, 2008
SAMUEL L. SMART

Rose-Neath Funeral Home

Arcadia, LA

A celebration of life will be held at the Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian 
Church for Samuel Lee Smart of Simsboro, LA., on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 
2:00 P.M. Visitation will be Friday night, October 24, 2008, from 5:00 P.M. 
until 8:00 P.M. Sam was born on November 5, 1926, to Samuel E. and Iva Grigsby 
Smart, on the family farm located between Simsboro and Arcadia, where he and 
his wife Mary continued to make their home until his death on October 22, 
2008. On November 22, 2008, they would have celebrated their marriage of 58 
years.

After graduating form Simsboro High School, he served as a paratrooper in the 
11th Airborne during WWII. After returning to the Arcadia area, he was 
employed by the Arcadia Production Credit Association. In 1952, Mr. Smart 
established 'Sam L. Smart Plumbing and Electric Company', and opened his 
office in Arcadia in 1953, which is still owned and operated by his son.

Sam was a member of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church where he served as an 
Elder. He also served on the Board for the Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and 
is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Mr. Smart is preceded in death by his parents, Samuel E. Smart and Iva Grigsby 
Smart and a son, Samuel Lee Smart, Jr.

He is survived by his wife Mary Watson Smart, sons, James Donald Smart and 
wife Anita Murphy Smart, and William Thomas Smart, brother, James Thomas Smart 
and wife Peggy Holland Smart, grandchildren, Jennifer Cardwell, Christie 
Sanderson, James Donald Smart, Jr., Jason Thomas Smart, Casey Merritt, Kelley 
Smart, Daniel Joseph Smart, Virginia Elizabeth Smart, William Samuel Smart, 
Christie Murphy, and Mona Smart, great-grandchildren, Leanna Cardwell, Greer 
and Rockie Sanderson, Dustin Smart, Phillip Smart, Tyra, Christin and Michael 
Murphy, Jessica Smart, special brothers-in-law, Don Watson and Lamar Dowling, 
and a sister-in-law, Martha Dowling.

Pallbearers will be Daniel Smart, Jason Smart, Matt Sanderson, Chris Merritt, 
Phillip Smart, and Tony Nixon.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Donnie Smart, Curt Taylor, Travis Stewart, Tine 
Harrison, Dennis Boyett, his high school classmates, "Buck" Canterbury, Harold 
Bartlett, Claude Calahan and Spencer Goodwin, Robert Sumlin.

Memorials may be sent to Oak Grove Cemetery Association, C/O Nancy Reeves, 
11103 Hwy 80, Simsboro, LA 71275.




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