Obituaries: Leo L. Smith, 1973, Winn & Grant Parishes, LA. Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: February 28, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Leo L. Smith, 60, Dies; Rites At Mars Hill Funeral services for Leo L. Smith, 60, of Rt. 1, Montgomery, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mars Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerrell Paige and Dale Durant officiating. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield. Mr. Smith died at 5 a.m. Sunday, February 25, 1973 at Rapides General Hospital after a short illness. A native of Winn Parish, he was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Smith of Verda; three brothers, Elmo Smith and Robert Smith, both of Verda and Maurice Smith of Montgomery; four sisters, Mrs. Anice LaCroix of Columbia, Mrs. Dorothy Dunn of Shreveport, Mrs. Mary Dell Fletcher of Montgomery, and Mrs. Rita Thigpen of LaCompte; and a number of nieces and nephews.