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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.

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