1935 Obituary of Eva Slaton Smith, originally of Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Dr. Robert S. Hendrick, 6/2006

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Material from the personal collection of Dr. Robert S. Hendrick
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Background Information:
Eva M. Slaton (19 July 1861 – 6 Feb 1935) had dated Union Parish Clerk of Court 
James Monroe Smith in the 1870s and maybe early 1880s. He had married in 1885 
to May Olive Kidd, who died in 1895. Following her death, James M. Smith resumed 
his relationship with Miss Slaton. They married in 1898.
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1935 Obituary of Eva Slaton Smith, originally of Union Parish Louisiana

clipping from the Shreveport Times, exact issue date unknown, around February 1935
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Widow of Former Union Parish Senator, 
State Treasurer, Dies Here

  Funeral Services for Mrs. Eva Slaton Smith, 74, widow of the late James M. Smith, 
prominent in political affairs of the state for many years, will be held at 3 P. M. today 
from the residence of Dr. J. A. Hendrick, 117 Jordan Street, under the direction of the 
Osborn funeral home. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

   Mrs. Smith’s husband was several times state senator from Union Parish and later 
was state treasurer during the administration of Gov. Newton D. Blanchard.

   She was born July 19, 1861, at Vienna, LA, and was married Jan. 6, 1898. She was 
graduated from the Woman’s Female College at Staunton, Va., and later graduated in 
music from Boston conservatory and Cincinnati conservatory. Being a brilliant pianist 
and composer, she was for many years prominent in music circles. She was also 
landscape artist. Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Shreveport since 1908. She was a 
life-long Christian and a devout member of the First Baptist church.

Surviving are two step-children, Mrs. J. A. Hendrick and James M. Smith, Jr., of this 
city; two nieces, Mrs. Carter Luscher, Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Carrie Bransford, Houston, 
Texas; one nephew, H. C. Slaton of Mobile.

   Active pallbearers will be Clare C. Clark, A. B. Kilgore, W. D. Sandifer, J. C. Fontaine, 
J. L. Mercer, A. Glenn Flournoy, W. M. Phillips and J. Fuller Yearwood. Honorary 
pallbearers will be deacons and directors of the First Baptist church.


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