Obituaries:  Julian Curtis Smith, Sr., Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       S-530
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 18, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Julian Curtis Smith, Sr.

  Julian Curtis Smith, Sr., 82, passed away at Huckaby Hospital in
Coushatta, after a long illness, on Dec. 14.

  Mr. Smith was born January 17, 1909, in Sabine Parish, to John
R. and Julia Ann Smith. As a small child, he moved to the M. D.
Community near Marthaville, and attended schools in M. D. and
Marthaville. As a young man, he married Alice Olive, and from
this union, his three children were born. He married Mrs. Corine
Ross after returning from World War II, and lived in the Beulah
Community until her death. He married Mrs. LaJune Short after the
death of Mr. Short, and they made their home in the Toledo Bend
Lake area at Many, until his health failed. Since that time, he
made his home at the Senior Citizen Center in Coushatta. He was a
U.S. Army Veteran of WWII.

  Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home, Coushatta was in charge of the
funeral. Services were held at Beulah Methodist Church, at 2
p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, with Bro. Foster Jennings officiating.
Burial was in Marthaville City Cemetery.

  He is survived by his wife, LaJune of Pleasant Hill; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Margie and Calvin summers of Malakoff,
Tex., Mabel and John Simmons of Evans, Ga.; one son, Julian C.
Smith Jr. of Augusta, Ga.; 8 grandchildren; 8 great
grandchildren; 1 great-great granddaughter; a number of step
grandchildren, step great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and
cousins.