Obitutiary:P.L. Smith
Submitter:Carolyn Pevytoe Avery MAY 2003
Source:West Carroll Gazett 1 January 1942


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                      Peter Lesley Smith

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for P.L. Smith,75 year
old resident of the Floyd community, who died at his home early 
Saturday morning. The Rev. T.J. Fair officiated at the services which 
were held at Bayou Macon church under the direction of Catron-Golden
Funeral Home of Oak Grove.

The father of 14 children, 10 of whom survive him. Mr. Smith was born 
February 14, 1866 in Smith County, Miss. He moved his family to West 
Carroll in 1916, settling near Pioneer in Ward 2, where he was active
in the community and church life of the parish until his health failed
several years ago.

Surviving the deceased are his wife, five sons, five daughters, one
sister, 30 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The sons are 
John and Earl of Darnell, Norris of Texarkana, Ark., P.L. Jr. of Ft.
Benning, Ga. and James of Floyd community. Daughters surviving are 
Mrs E.C. Smith of Oak Grove, Mrs. Paul Gentry of Darnell, Mrs. R.L.
Hooper of Floyd, Mrs. Walter Brown of Shreveport and Mrs. O.E. Materne
of Baton Rouge. One sister, Mrs. R.D. Blackwell of Taylorsville, Miss.,
also survives.