Biography of Ruby Angie Smith Barron of Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Lyle Smith, 9/2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= BIOGRAPHY OF RUBY ANGIE SMITH BARRON, Researched and written by her first cousin, Lyle Smith, 2006 ================================================================================== RUBY ANGIE SMITH BARRON, September 7, 1907 - October 28, 1994 Wife of Clinton Cisco Barron "Aunt Ruby" ============================================================= Ruby Smith and I were first cousins. Our fathers were brothers. Ruby was 35 years old when I was born, and in rural north Louisiana, a child just did not call a grown woman by her first name; so I called her Aunt Ruby all my life. Ruby Angie Smith was born September 7, 1907, the first child of Thomas Jackson Smith and Edna Tabitha Breazeal. Aunt Ruby’s birth occurred 3 miles north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, in the home of her maternal grand-parents, Hosea Woodford Breazeal and Angie Williams Breazeal. Dr. McDonald was attending. Aunt Ruby descended from two well known Union Parish families. Thomas Jackson Smith (Tom) was born October 5, 1881, at Lapile, Union County, Arkansas. He had an older half brother and half sister from his father’s previous marriage to Martha Jane Poole in 1877. Children of Woody K. Smith and Martha Jane Poole were: A- James Hardy Smith (Jim) was born 1878 in Union County, Arkansas. B- Sarah Elizabeth Smith (Lizzie) was born 1879, in Union County, Arkansas. Martha Jane Poole Smith died May 22, 1880, in Union County, Arkansas. Woody K. Smith married Mahala Elizabeth Head February 8, 1877, in Union County, Arkansas. They were married by W.H. Harris, Justice of the Peace. Their marriage was duly filed and recorded in Book “E”, Page 288. of Union County Marriage Records. Children of Woody K. Smith and Mahala E. Head were: C- *Thomas Jackson Smith (Tom) was born October 5, 1881 in Lapile, Union County, Arkansas and died March 10, 1966, in Pineville, Louisiana. Tom Smith was the oldest child born to Woody K. Smith and Mahala E. Head. Woody K. Smith was born June 26, 1857, in Ouachita Township, Bradley County, Arkansas. His parents were Willis Hanford Smith, born in Alabama April 5, 1822, and Martha Ann Davis, born February 14, 1832, in Alabama. Mahala E. Head was born August 5, 1853, in Alabama. Her parents were Thomas Jackson Head and Frances Johnson. Thomas was born September 20, 1822, in Jones County, Georgia. Francis Johnson died in 1867. D- William Hansford Smith was born June 2, 1883, in Union County, Arkansas. He died February 2, 1951, in Las Animas, Colorado. He married Annie Clara Montague June 13, 1909, in Silverton, Texas. E- Nancy Jane Smith (Nannie) was born June 12, 1885, in Union County, Arkansas. She died November 1, 1972, in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana. She married Joseph Minor Ogden October 17, 1906, in Union Parish, Louisiana. F- Harmon Smith (twin) was born July 5, 1887, in Union County, Arkansas. He died December 18, 1967. He married Mary Eva Rogers December 25, 1915, in Union County, Arkansas. G- Armon Smith (twin) was born July 5, 1887, in Union County, Arkansas. He was killed October 31, 1933, north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. He married Rosa Lea Ogden November 6, 1907, in Union Parish, Louisiana. H- Woody Columbus Smith was born July 9, 1890, in Union County, Arkansas. He died May 27, 1975. He married Mattie Lou Barron October 10, 1925, in Union County, Arkansas. Woody K. and Mahala lived near Lapile and farmed there the first years of their marriage. During the first 14 years of his life Uncle Tom lived at Lapile, Union County, Arkansas, Blanchard Springs, Union County, Arkansas, and Randolph, Union Parish, Louisiana. After 15 years of marriage Mahala E. Head Smith died March 20, 1895, in Union County, Arkansas, leaving 6 children of her own, as well as 2 step children. Woody K. Smith married his third and final wife, Mary Rebecca Barron July 18, 1895, in Union Parish, Louisiana. Mary Rebecca was born November 2, 1864, in Union Parish, Louisiana, during the Civil War. Mary Rebecca was a 31 year old, “OLD MAID,” having lived with her father, Henry Callaway Barron, and had her own crops on his farm, on Big Corney Bayou; south of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. Into the marriage she brought her life savings of $900.00. Mary Rebecca purchased a team of mules, food, and material enough for her and her step-daughter, Lizzie, to make sorely need clothes for the entire family. Mary Rebecca Barron was raised a Barron, and that meant to have a place for everything, and every thing put back in its place after it was used. She did all her chores at the exact same time each day, and always washed at the spring on the same day each and every week, with no exception. She expected her new step-children to do no less. The children’s mother had been sickly for over 2 years and bed-ridden the last 3 months of her life; so there had not been much discipline in the home. Mary was a hard worker and a stern task mistress, if the need arose, and she ran the house in that manner from the start. Each child was given duties to perform. Children of Woody K. Smith and Mary Rebecca Barron were: I- Henry Archer Smith was born January 31, 1897in Blanchard Springs, Arkansas. He died June 13, 1945, at his home north of Spearsville, on the old Smith place. He married Willie Mae Taylor October 14, 1916, in the home of Sam B. Rockett. J- John Lee Smith was born March 31, 1901, in his parent’s home north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. He died September 1, 1990, in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana. He married Delma Wall October 16, 1932, in Amity, Clark County, Arkansas. K- Mary Irene Smith was born January 2, 1904, in her parent’s home north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. She died April 7, 1991, in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana. She married Clyde Allen Risinger October 17, 1925, in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana. On January 20, 1896, Woody K. Smith purchased the following parcel of land from Hosea H. Rockett: “The Northeast Quarter, (NE ¼) of Section 26, except one acre where J.D. Barron’s house lot is, and nine (9) acres in the NW corner of the said quarter section in Township 23, north of Range 3 West, containing 150 acres, more of less.” Witnesses were: John Murphy and H.W. Breazeal. The house the Smith family moved from in Blanchard Springs was torn down, carefully; the pieces marked and moved 4 miles north of Spearsville, Union Parish. Louisiana. While the house was being rebuilt on Smith Hill, the family lived in a large log cabin off the “Big Cut,” just north of Little Corney Bayou. (The Big Cut was a field.) Tom Smith married a neighbor girl, who lived about a mile east of the Woody K. Smith farm. Tom Smith age 25 years, of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, married Edna Tabitha Breazeal, age 18 years, also of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, on November 28, 1906, as the law required, “in the presence of at least 3 male witnesses.” They were married in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana by J.W. Hunt, Justice of the Peace. The witnesses were J.M. Murphy, W.K. Pryor, and H.H. Rockett. The Marriage Bond was signed by Thomas J. Smith and R.L. Williams. This marriage being duly filed and recorded in Book “11,” Page 384 of the Union Parish Marriage Records. Edna Breazeal was born September 21, 1888, at Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, and died November 3, 1957, in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Hosea Woodford Breazeal and Angeline (Angie) Williams. Angie was the older sister of John Harrison Williams, husband of Sarah Elizabeth Smith (Lizzie.) Woodford Breazeal was born August 29, 1857, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and died September 6, 1936, at Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. Miss Angie was born February 14, 1865, in Union County, Arkansas, and died February 24, 1940, at her home north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. They were buried in Spearsville Cemetery. Children of Hosea Woodford Breazeal and Angie Williams were: 1- Izariah (Izy) Breazeal was born January 18, 1885. 2- *Edna Tabitha Breazeal was born September 21, 1888. 3- Gordon W. Breazeal was born December 15, 1892. 4- Zula Elizabeth Breazeal was born April 22, 1897. 5- Clarence Elijah Breazeal was born March 24, 1902. Children of Tom Smith and Edna Breazeal were: A- *Ruby Angie Smith was born September 7, 1907. B- Clifton Breazeal Smith was born April 11, 1909. C- Thomas Franklin Smith was born November 27, 1914. D- Graydon Richard Smith was born May 22, 1919. E- Virginia Dale Smith was born April 21, 1929. Children of Tom and Edna Smith and their families as we know them are: A- *Ruby Angie Smith was born September 7, 1907, at the home of her maternal grandparents, Woodford and Angie Breazeal, north of Spearsville. Dr. McDonald was attending. Aunt Ruby attended Louisiana Tech long enough to be able to teach school at Camp Creek School. She boarded with the Willie Rockett family while she taught there. She also substituted at Spearsville School for a while. Ruby married Clinton Cisco Barron January 27, 1929. They were married in Union Parish, Louisiana, south of Spearsville, by Rev. Carlos Rockett at his home. Rev. Carlos Rockett was Cisco’s cousin. Witnesses were J.R. Bryam, Elzie Rockett, and W.S. Rockett. Cisco was born October 26, 1904, south of Spearsville, in the same house where his aunt, Mary Rebecca Barron, was born 40 years before. The old house still stands. As was the case with houses of that time, it originally had a dog trot between the house and the kitchen. In later years the two parts were pulled together. When they got married Cisco and Ruby lived with his older brother, Joe Barron and his wife Larue Breazeal, in the house just past Uncle Tom’s house in the same place where Joe and Larue’s modern house stands now. It was arranged like a duplex, with both families using the only kitchen together. A board was installed in the adjourning door to keep Cisco and Ruby’s son, Ned, from toddling into the other part of the house. In 1933, when Ned was 3 years old, he and his parents moved to Giles Hill where Cisco farmed. Somewhere during this time Cisco purchased the Giles farm for $12 per acre. The family moved to Lillie in 1937 and lived there for the next 5 years. They lived in 2 different houses during those 5 years. Cisco worked at the Post Office in Lillie. In 1942 the family moved to the present day Bruce and Betty Barron place in Spearsville, which Cisco had purchased. Elton Rockett and his wife Ozella had lived there previously. In 1947 Harmon Smith helped tear down the existing home, and Guy Barron, Cisco’s brother, constructed the present house on the site. He was assisted by Ned Barron who nailed many a board on the house. The family lived with Ruby’s parents, just down the road, while the new house was being built. The 2 places adjoined each other. Cisco Barron died October 4, 1989, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was buried in Spearsville Cemetery. His parents were Robert Henry Barron and Ela Frances Rebecca Rockett. Cisco Barron worked for the U.S. Postal service as a Post Master and later as a rural mail carrier. At the Woody K. Smith Reunions in 1992, 1993, and 1994, Aunt Ruby was recognized as the oldest true Smith present. She died October 28, 1994, in Ruston, Louisiana, and was buried beside Cisco in Spearsville Cemetery. WRITER’S NOTE: (During my last visit with Aunt Ruby in her home, before her illness took her, we had an excellent visit. During this time she informed me that Cisco knew she wanted very much for her grand-father, Woody K. Smith, to marry them, but he had already asked his cousin, and that was the way it was. From information Aunt Ruby gave me, and what she told her son, Ned, I enter the following: My father, John Lee Smith and Cisco were first cousins, and the best of friends. They were both inclined to flirt with the young ladies. Cisco and Ruby had been talking about getting married, but Cisco was planning to go to Texas with John Lee to see some ladies. Ruby told Cisco that she had another suitor who was serious, and he could go with John Lee or he could stay at Spearsville and get married. Cisco stayed and got married to Ruby. Aunt Ruby said that her other suitor was hurt deeply, and he never married.) Children of Ruby Smith and Cisco Barron were: 1- Clinton Ned Barron (Ned) was born April 17, 1930, south of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, in the home of his maternal grand-parents, Tom and Edna Smith, with Dr. Dudley attending. Ned married Juanita Thomas July 4, 1957, at her parent’s home in Ringgold, Louisiana. She was born October 9, 1939, in Ringgold, Louisiana. Her parents were David Blanchard Thomas and Opie Reed Boyet. Ned attended Louisiana Tech, after which he served a hitch in the Air Force. After completing his Air Forge Service, he completed his degree in Business Administration at Northeast Louisiana. Ned is retired from the Civil Service. Children of Ned and Juanita are: a- Timothy Clinton Barron (Tim) was born February 4, 1959, in San Antonio, Texas. He married Della Browning December 15, 1984, in Bedford, Texas. She was born August 25, 1944, in Corpus Christi, Texas. They reside in Planto, Texas. Tim is Director, Western Regional States, for Infrated Communications. Della is a home maker. b- Pamela Lynn Barron was born August 8, 1960, in San Antonio, Texas. She married William Alan Tolhurst February 18, 1984, in San Antonio, Texas. They were married by Elder Graydon R. Smith, Pam’s great Uncle. Witnesses were Russell Bach, and Michelle A. Webb. This marriage being duly filed and recorded in Book “482,” Page 66, of the Marriage Records of Bexar County, Texas. Children of Pam and Willie are: o- William Justin Tolhurst was born December 13, 1993, in Lawrenceville, Georgia at 7:12 A.M. EST. He weighed 9 pounds and 4 ounces. o- Lindsey Renee Tolhurst was born May 13, 1997, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She weighed 8 pounds and 4 ounces. Ned Barron married Mary Frances Davis November 29, 1974, in the home of his parents, in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. Elder John Lee Smith, Ned’s great Uncle, performed the wedding ceremony. Witnesses were Glen M. Haynes, Joe C. Barron, and W.R. Pullig. Mary was born March 3, 1936, in Ringgold, Louisiana. She was one of eight children, having four sisters and three brothers. She has a B.S. in Medical Technology from Louisiana Tech. Her parents were John Fletcher Davis, Sr. and Eunice Gertrude Thomas. John was born December 23, 1876, in Ringgold, Louisiana. He died July 25, 1958, and was buried in Providence Cemetery in Ringgold. Gertrude was born October 7, 1899, in Chestnut, Louisiana. She died October 4, 1966, and is buried beside her husband. Mary joined New Hope Primitive Baptist Church September 24, 1961, and Ned joined the church September 7, 1986. 2- Bruce Richard Barron was born February 16, 1938, south of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, in the home of his maternal grand-parents, Tom and Edna Smith. Dr. Dudley was attending. Bruce married Betty Ann Bazer June 25, 1977, in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Betty was born December 19, 1946, in Jackson, Mississippi. Her parents were Bryan Pirkle Bazer and Dorothy Inez Culpepper. Children of Bruce and Betty were: o- Clinton Bryan Barron was born January 26, 1979, in Shreveport, Louisiana. o- Kelli Ruth Barron was born June 14, 1980, in Shreveport, Louisiana. She married William Jeremy Caraway on March 29, 2003. The following happened about 1912. There was a community footpath stretching from Tom and Edna’s home, near the present day Guy Barron place, south west across the woods toward New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, also giving access to Edna’s parents home just up the Beech Grove road north of the church. The trail crossed Steep Bank Creek over a very large foot log to which a set of hand rails had been affixed. Unless there was a heavy rain, there was not much to Steep Bank, but it could be a deep, swift flowing body of water when flooded. Edna was carrying her baby son, Cliff, and started across the foot bridge. Her oldest child, Ruby, was lagging behind, and panicked when she saw her mother in the middle of the foot bridge. She began running and stumbled, falling into the torrent of narrow swift flowing water. Edna, who could not swim, reacted quickly. She threw Cliff to the far bank of the creek, and immediately plunged in after her daughter. Edna was wearing the full long dress of that time, and it was freshly starched and ironed. When she hit the water, the skirt blossomed out, catching enough air to help her stay afloat, so that she stayed on the surface of the water and held Ruby until she caught a tree root and was able to pull herself and her daughter from sure death. Edna, Ruby and Cliff were not harmed by the scare, and continued on their way. Edna’s new wide brim hat was later found hung on a tree limb where Steep Bank flowed through Bob Ogden’s pasture. WRITER’S NOTE: The last time I visited with Aunt Ruby before her death, she told me Aunt Edna’s hat was called a “Bill Bailey” hat. Aunt Ruby’s parents lost their farm just east of the present day Guy Barron place in 1924, and when Aunt Ruby was 17 years old, they purchased a farm about a mile south of Spearsville, where they spent their final days. WRITER’S NOTE: In 1930, Aunt Ruby went from south of Spearsville to Woody K.’s house to ask him questions about his early life and that of his family. What follows are excerpts of a letter from Aunt Ruby to me: “When Ned was born in 1930, Larue Barron gave him a baby book that had a family tree in it. Cisco and I didn’t have a car then, so we drove up to Grandpa’s in a wagon with a team of mules hitched to it. We spent the night during the week, since Grandpa had to go to his churches on the weekends. He told us all he knew of his ancestors, back as far as Molly Splorn (rhymes with sworn.) I carried a note book and wrote down all the facts needed for the family tree. That is when I learned the Grandpa’s father’s name was Hansford Willis, rather than Hansford Williams. I always wished I had written all the things he told us about his life, instead of just the ancestors. Grandpa was in a talkative mood, and it was a wonderful night in our lives. He told us much Barron history that Cisco’s dad could not remember. (We found out later that Molly’s last name was SPLAWN, it rhymes with lawn, but it was pronounced all these years as it was written in the paragraph above.) In 1933, Grandpa was sick all during the spring, and died in June. Cisco was busy in the field, and I couldn’t drive the car at that time, so it was hard for me to get up there, and see him and help out. Cisco and I lived where Larue Barron lives now, near by Momma and Poppa’s place. Poppa had a mare I had ridden at home before I married, so I packed a little bag of clothes for Ned and me, and we rode up to see Grandpa for several days. John Lee took care of Daisy for me, when we got there. As he took the reins to lead her to the barn, she pulled her head back and up. John Lee admonished me, saying, “Ruby, you should not have ridden this high-headed mare. You and Ned did not need to be on this high-headed horse.” It was at that time that that John Williams Jr. drowned. Aunt Lizzie and I had gone to bed, planning to sit up with Grandpa during the last part of the night, so Delma and John Lee could get some rest. Aunt Lizzie and I were sleeping together, and Ned was on a pallet on the floor. Before we got to sleep, Delma came and told us that Aunt Lizzie had company. Her son- in-law, Frank Driggers, had brought their doctor with him to tell her that John Jr. had drown in the Ouachita River just 2 weeks before he was to graduate from high school. Aunt Lizzie didn’t say a word to disturb Grandpa, but she could be heard groaning as they left in the car for Monroe.” WRITER’S NOTE: Just recently, in March of 2005, several letters were discovered that had been written during and after Elder Woody K. Smith’s death. This following letter, though undated, had to have been written from Grandpa’s home the day after John Jr. drowned: Tuesday morning Dear Irene: Grandpa rested well all night, but we had to give him a shot to help out. John Lee feels like he has improved since Sunday. De Lora left Aunt Lizzie up here to stay till Thursday but Pleasant and two other boys came up here at mid night last night. John Junior is dead. He drowned yesterday afternoon just before dark. Poor Aunt Lizzie, to get such news and have to be quiet. But we concealed it all from Grandpa. Can’t you go down there? We can’t leave here without exciting Grandpa’s suspicion. If you can get in touch with Frank I believe he would go with you. She needs you. Ruby Aunt Ruby Barron and her Aunt Irene listed above; both joined New Hope Primitive Baptist Church on the first Saturday, August 5, 1933. Irene was three years and seven months older than Aunt Ruby. They were baptized the following day by Elder Reason W. Rhodes. They were baptized in Steep Bank Creek, a little north of and across the road from the church, very near the spot where Aunt Ruby and her mother almost drowned 21 years before. The spot used to baptize was behind and a little south of Armon and Eliza Smith’s house. Madge Risinger, daughter of Irene remembers both ladies changing out of their wet clothes at Armon’s house. On the first Saturday, September 2, 1933, Cisco Barron joined New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, along with Mrs. Ed Chandler Sr. They were baptized the following day by Elder Reason W. Rhodes, high lighted by Mr. Ed Chandler Sr. offering himself for membership at the water. WRITER’S NOTE: My father, John Lee Smith had just started preaching in 1943, when I was a little over a year old. He had received an invitation to go to Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, to the church my mother attended when she was young. He did not want to go alone out to where most of her people were, so mother agreed to go with him. They would have to travel by bus and she would not take me because of a polio scare in the area. It was keeping her from going with Dad, but she agreed to go with him if he could get Aunt Ruby to keep me. This was before Carl, my younger brother was born, and I was barely trying to talk. Aunt Ruby agreed to keep me. Aunt Ruby and Uncle Cisco kept me while my parents were on the church trip. One morning Uncle Cisco had left the house and I was looking out the front screen door after him. I started calling loudly, “ight bege” over and over. Aunt Ruby tried to give me a slice of light bread, but I would have none of it. She was perplexed until my parents returned and reminded her that we had a mule named “Light Bread” and she then remembered there was a team of mules and a wagon going down the hill, and I was calling out to the mules. In 1991, shortly after my father, Elder John Lee Smith died, Joan S. Glover, Jolene B. Wickel, and Carol Ann S. Van Dyke, all grand-daughters of James Hardy Smith, the oldest son of Woody K. Smith, visited us in Pine Bluff. I escorted them to Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, south of Warren, Bradley County, Arkansas, where their great grandmother, Martha Jane Poole was buried; plus several generations of the Poole family. I then drove with them on down to Spearsville and onto Aunt Ruby’s home, where a large group of Smiths and a great deal of good food awaited us. Not wanting to hurt anyone’s feelings, I stayed and helped dispose of the food, also took part in the visiting. What wonderful cooks those country Smith women are. When I returned home I wrote Aunt Ruby and told her I wanted to talk with her when I next came to Spearsville. She told several members of the family that she knew what I wanted to talk to her about, and she was correct. I wanted to have a Smith Reunion and I needed her help. She whole heartedly helped me in every way possible. We worked hard and sent out invitations and on the third Saturday in June, 1992, we had 150 nice, quiet, shy Smiths to assemble at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, north of Speasrsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. What a wonderful time we had. There was beautiful singing by the “newly named” Smith Family Singers. We had catered catfish and all the trimmings. There was a whole lot of visiting going on. I was greatly touched to have Bill Smith from Colorado there, even though he had been ill. His sister, June, was also there from Colorado. Bill never got to come to another Smith Reunion. He died the next year, a survivor from the USS Arizona. We had a lot of help that year, but it would not have been possible without Aunt Ruby’s help and support. In 1992, 1993, and 1994 she was recognized as the oldest true Smith attending the Woody K. Smith. She died in October following the 1994 reunion in June. B- Clifton Breazeal Smith was born April 11, 1909, in his parent’s home just east of where the present day Guy and Lucille Barron home stands with Dr. Dudley attending. Cliff died November 19, 1978, at Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana. He married Robbie Burnside August 29, 1931, in Union Parish, Louisiana. They were married by D.K. Sawyer, Minister of the Gospel. This marriage was duly filed and recorded in Book “13”, Page 467 of Union Parish Marriage Records. Signing the Marriage Bond with Cliff was his uncle, John Lee Smith. Robbie’s parents were William Thomas Burnside and Lena Upshaw. Robbie and Cliff had one child: 1- Julia Ann Smith was born October 21, 1935, in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. C- Thomas Franklin Smith was born November 27, 1914, at his parent’s home just east of the present day Guy Barron home. Dr. Dudley was attending. Frank died March 17, 1989, in Monroe, Louisiana. He married Addie Bell Taylor September 25, 1936, in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. Signing the Marriage Bond with Frank was his uncle, Woody C. Smith. This marriage was duly filed and recorded in Book “24”, Page 552 of Union Parish Marriage Records. Addie was born August 3, 1919, north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, and died March 6, 1978. Her parents were George Arlin Taylor and Sarah Ophelia Byrom. Addie and Frank are buried in Spearsville Cemetery; Children of Frank and Addie are: 1- Rodney Dwight Smith was born September 24, 1939, at Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. 2- Eddie Jerral Smith was born January 7, 1942, in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. 3- Rebecca Ann Smith was born May 29, 1951, in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana. 4- Jeffery Scott Smith was born April 2, 1961, in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. 5- Kevin Frank Smith was born June 11, 1962, in Monroe, Ouachita Parish. Louisiana. D- Graydon Richard Smith was born May 22, 1919, in his parent’s home 2 miles north of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. Dr. Dudley was attending. Graydon married Kathleen Turnage July 27, 1940, in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana. They were married by L.B. Dandy, Justice of the Peace. This marriage being duly filed and recorded in Book “26”, Page 119 of Union Parish Marriage Records. Kathleen was born November 5, 1922, in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana, the daughter of Amos Ross Turnage and Imor Jean Tucker. Kathleen died December 8, 1999, in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. She was buried in Spearsville Cemetery. Children of Graydon and Kathleen are: 1- Thomas Richard Smith was born August 23, 1945, in Fort Sumter, New Mexico. 2- Virginia Lee Smith was born January 7, 1954, in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. E- Virginia Dale Smith was born April 21, 1929, south of Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, in her parents’ home. Dr. Dudley was attending. Dale married Glen Melvin Haynes August 8, 1951, in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana. They were married by J.E. Mason, Minister of the Gospel. Glen was born June 5, 1926, in Lisbon, Louisiana. His parents were Milo Jesless Haynes and Gladys Montique Trichel. Glen died November 27, 1985, in Monroe, Louisiana, and is buried in Spearsville Cemetery. Children of Dale and Glen are: 1- David Glenn Haynes was born January 22, 1955, in Little Rock, Arkansas. 2- Michael James Haynes was born July 11, 1956, in Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana. Dale married Roy Holloway June 24, 1996, in Fordyce, Arkansas. ######################################################