Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, JACK MANSEL April 29, 2015
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News Star World - April 30, 2015
JACK MANSEL SMITH

Funeral services for Jack Mansel Smith, age 76, of Oak Grove, La will be 
2:00PM, Friday, May 1, 2015, at Cox Funeral Home with Dr. Joe McKeever and Rev. 
Paul Ninemire officiating. Interment will be in the Oak Grove City Cemetery. 
Services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Cox Funeral Home.

Jack grew up and attended school in Oak Grove, La. After serving 2 years in the 
Army, he returned home, went to work at the old Monroe Morning World in the 
Advertising Department and married Marian Davis. They had two daughters, Julie 
and Cynthia. He later worked for two other LA newspapers, but then in 1965, he 
moved his young family to Greenville, MS and began working at the Delta 
Democrat Times in Advertising. It was in Greenville, MS that Jack gave his 
heart to Jesus and became a new creation (II Corinthians 5:17). Shortly, he was 
hired by Lewis Grocer Company/SuperValu in Indianola, MS, and spent the 
majority of his career there as Advertising Director before retiring in 1995. 
He commuted between Greenville and Indianola for many years and moved to 
Indianola for about 8 years before taking an early retirement. Jack loved 
hunting, and he enjoyed serving in various capacities in his church.

Upon his retirement, Jack and Marian then returned to Oak Grove to care for 
Marian's aging parents. Retirement didn't work for him, and he started Delta 
Advertising Productions to provide advertising services to two grocery store 
chains serving Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. He worked there until 
illness incapacitated him in February of this year.

Jack is preceded in death by his father and mother, W. E. and Betty Smith, 
sisters Estus Smith, Doris Vining, Hilda (Tookie) Hankins, Lela Smith, and 
Marjorie (Skeeter) Lewis, and a brother Steve Smith.

He is survived by his wife Marian, daughters Julie Smith Evans and Cynthia 
Smith Ozer, grandchildren Merianna Evans, Eliyah Ozer, and Yaakov Ozer.

He is also survived by brothers, John Wesley Smith and Tom G. (Skippy) Smith 
and a sister JoAnn Hankins, and by numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Jimmy Melton, Michael Pruitt, Jerry Donohue, Billy Calhoun, 
Tommy Hankins, Ricky Falcon.

Honorary pallbearers are John Mercer, Charlie Hankins, Bob Chestnut, Lawrence 
Kohler, Wayne McClain.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude, The Gideons, Premier Hospice, or the church 
or charity of your choice .

To leave condolences to the family www.coxfuneral.com.

Cox Funeral Home

Oak Grove, LA

Additional Comments:
July 7, 1938 - April 29, 2015
Resided in Oak Grove, LA

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