Obituaries: Bruce "Gunboat" Smith, 1962, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 30, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Rites For Bruce Smith Set For Friday, 2:30 P.M.

Funeral services for Bruce "Gunboat" Smith, 70, of Winnfield, have tentatively
been set for Friday, August 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Southern Funeral
Home.  Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Mr. Smith, who retired last year from the Louisiana Highway Department, died
Monday of a heart attack enroute from a fishing lodge near Lake City, Colo.,
to a hospital.  He had accepted a position at the lodge for three months.

Mr. Smith was a native of Stephens, Ark., and had moved with is parents as a
boy to Louisiana in 1902.  A veteran of World War One, he was discharged with
the rank of captain.  He attended Louisiana State University and graduated
from Louisiana Tech.

Widely known as a football player and coach, Mr. Smith taught and coached in
Winnfield in 1923-24.  He had also coached football teams in Arcadia and
Ruston.  During World War Two, he was employed in defense industries in
Tennessee.

Surviving are his widow, the former Elmer Hatten; one brother, Charlie Smith
of Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Towery of Crockett, Texas; and a host of
nieces and nephews.