Obituaries: J. Wayland Smith, 1982, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 17, 1982 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. Wayland Smith

Services for J. Wayland Smith, 78, of Oak Grove, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday
at Trinity Baptist Church in Oak Grove with the Revs. Davis Dean, H. G.
Hammons, and J. D. Cheatham officiating.

Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery under direction of Cox Funeral Home of Oak
Grove.

Mr. Smith died Sunday, November 14, 1982 at Carroll Nursing Home in Oak Grove
after a short illness.

He was a charter member of Trinity Baptist Church; a former Oak Grove High
School teacher; former president of Farm Bureau Association; and a former
member of the Macon Economic Opportunity Board, and a native of Winn Parish.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Clayton Smith of Oak Grove; two sons,
James W. Smith of Greenbelt, MD., and Roy C. Smith of Norphlet, Ark.; two
daughter Mrs. Patsy Hayes of Welch, Mrs. Sarah Livengood of DeRidder; one
brother, Stanley Smith of Sikes; eight grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Gerald Littlefield, Blane Littlefield, Billy Scoggins, Jerry
Key, Cecil Stanford, and Charlie Bedenbender.