Obituaries: John Luther Smith, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 22, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

Final Rites For John Luther Smith Conducted At Sikes

Funeral services for John Luther Smith, 61, a lifelong resident of Winn
Parish, were held at Sardis Baptist Church, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 19,
with the Rev. W. C. Bounds officiating, assisted by Rev. E. B. Barton, Jr. 
Burial was in Sardis Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Smith, for many years a farmer in the Sardis Community, died in a New
Orleans hospital September 15 after a lengthy illness.  He was born near
Tannehill January 12, 1889, and was reared in Winn Parish.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lillie Mathews Smith; one son, James Lee Smith
of Sedalia, Mo.; one daughter, Golda Mae Taylor of Alexandria; one sister,
Mrs. R. C. Sanders of Dodson; one brother, Joe P. Smith of Corning, Calif.;
and three grandchildren.  He was proceeded in death by one son and one
daughter.

Pallbearers were Virgil Sanders, James Sanders, Louis Parson, Wayne Smith,
Hardy Smith, Jr., and Faith Langley.