ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: SMITH, JOSEPH L. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: St. Tammany News Published on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== SMITH Joseph L. Smith, a native of New Orleans, resident of Covington for 26 years and a resident of Mobile, Ala., for the past four and a half years, died Sunday, July 18, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alexander and Josephine Wiltenmuth Smith; four sisters, Sophie S. (Felton) Duffey, Ruth S. (John) Grodzicki, Bertha H. Smith and Mabel S. (Junius) LeBoeuf; three brothers, Alexander A. (Mildred) Smith Jr., Gasper Philip (Esperance) Smith and George Louis (June) Smith; his first wife, Lillian Weiss Smith; son, Joseph L. Smith Jr.; second wife, Nina Coleman Smith; and stepdaughter, Patricia E. Stassi. He is survived by one daughter, Beverly S. Waite; one granddaughter, Heidi W. (Darrell) Butler; two great-grandsons, Caleb Harrison and Nathan Sean Butler, all of Mobile; one stepdaughter, Pamela E. (Mike) Parsons of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; six stepgrandchildren, Maria S. (Steven) Marget of Houston, Joseph G. (Ingrid) Stassi Jr. of Missouri City, Texas, Chris (Angelle) Stassi of River Ridge, Greg Heltman of Baghdad, Iraq, Cori (Jo-Jo) Jones-Mataban and Katyann Parsons, both of Coeur D'Alene; nine stepgreat-grandchildren, Justin Heltman, Jennifer, Michael John and Jordan Marget, Michael, Patrick and Christopher Stassi and Madison and Joseph Jones-Mataban. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 N. Marigold Drive, Covington, LA 70433. ===================