Submitted by Gina Sherrard ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Please note I do not know what newspaper this ran it. This is from the collection of Peggy Manning Rockett. Ruth Teagle Smith Services for Ruth Teagle Smith, 89, will be at 10: AM Tuesday, May 23, 2000 at Emanuel Baptist Church of Ruston with Dr. Michael Hawley assisted by Rev. Roy Bryan Moore officiating. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Mrs. Smith, owner and founder of Rose Beauty Salon, died at 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 20, 2000 at her residence following a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death first husband, Barry Teagle. She was the last surviving child of the 17 children of Joseph Hugh Rhodes and Alpha Bird Rhodes of Spearsville, LA. Mrs. Smith was a member of Emanuel Baptist Church of Ruston. Survivors include her husband; Mr. William E. "Bill" Smith of Ruston, LA; daughters, Bari Lynn Kennington of Simsboro, LA, and Lana Ruth Ambrose of Monroe, La; step-sons, William E. "Butch" Smith, Jr. of Ruston, and John Ben Smith of Ruston, LA; step-daughters, Shirley LaBlanc of Weston, LA, Geri Romer of St. Louis, MO, and Annette Murphey of Simsboro, LA; eighteen grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews: Vince Ambrose, Chase Ambrose, Rob Brazzel, Joe Rhodes, T.J. Kennington, Dr. Johnny Armstrong, and Carl Johnson. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday, May 22, 2000 at the funeral home. # # #