Obituaries:  Joseph Claude Smith, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       S-530
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 10, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Joseph Claude Smith

  Services for Mr. Joseph Claude Smith, 85, were held at 2 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel, with
Rev. Larry Joyner officiating, and Rev. Francis Smith assisting.
Burial was held in Union Springs Cemetery.

  Mr. Smith died Sunday, March 7, 1993, in Shreveport, following a
brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of DeSoto Parish, and a
longtime member of the Union Springs Baptist Church. He had
reached the 32 Degree in the Pelican Masonic Lodge, and was also
a Shriner in the El Karubah Shrine of Shreveport.

  He is survived by two brothers, Floyd B. Smith of Lake Charles,
La., and Amos C. Smith of Gibbsland, La.; eight nephews; and two
nieces.

  Pallbearers were Roger Smith, Frank Smith, Jerry Smith, Bernard
Smith, Gary Smith, and Bob Farmer.

  Honorary pallbearer was Bill Gossett.