Obituaries: Iris Smith, 1931, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 16, 1931 Winnfield News-American

Iris Smith Is Laid To Rest In Iatt Cemetery

Iris Smith, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith of Verda, died Decemger
30 in the Baptist Hospital in Alexandria.  She was stricken with appendicitis
on Christmas cay and was rushed to the hospital where an operation was
performed, and hopes for her recovery were sustained until her death some days
later.

Iris was a graduate of Atlanta High School, graduating with the class of 1930,
and was at the time of her death a student at the Louisiana State Normal
College.  She was a member of the Verda Baptist Church and was known among
friends and classmates to be a Christian character.

Interment was made in the Iatt Cemetery, Rev. Foster conducting.

Besides a host of friends and many relatives, she is survived by her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, Verda; two sisters, Avis Smith of
Natchitoches and Beryl Smith, Verda; two brothers, Willard and Walter Smith,
Verda.