Obituaries:  Darius Smith, 1962, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  March 22, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Final Rites Held For Darius Smith At Corinth Mar. 20

Darius Smith, 91, native of Winn Parish, died in a Jonesboro hospital
Monday, March 19, after a long illness.  He was a retired timber man and
has spent practically his entire life in the Corinth Community, and was a
member of the Corinth Baptist Church.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Corinth
Baptist Church, with the Rev. George Foster and the Rev. Alson Jeter
officiating.  Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Edmonds
Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Louie James, Roy T. Waxley, Cranford Melton,
Robert Smith, Thomas Waxley, and Harmon Chandler.

Survivors include one son, Noble Smith of Winnfield; five daughters, Mrs.
Sam Collins and Mrs. Roscoe Bice, both of Winnfield; Mrs. V. G. Adams,
Miss Lela Smith, and Mrs. George Schmidt, all of Hodge; two brothers, Jim
Smith and Charles Smith, both of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. John Dawson
of Monroe and Mrs. R. W. Bartley of Winnfield; eight grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.