Obituaries: John Bunyan Smith, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Former Winn School Board Member Dies

John Bunyan Smith, 72, a member of the Winn Parish School Board for 12 years,
died Monday, January 2, 1967 at a hospital in Winnfield after a short illness.

Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Crossroads (Five
Forks Community east of Atlanta) with the Rev. C. C. Martin and Glen Griffin
officiating.

Interment, under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was
in the Sardis Cemetery, following the services.

Smith, a retired farmer, served on the school board from 1952 to 1964,
acting as president of the board for one year.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Zula Smith of Winnfield; two sons, Glenn
Smith of Winnfield and Jack E. Smith of Montgomery; one daughter, Miss
Carol Smith of Atlanta; one brother, P. B. Smith of Winnfield;
four sisters, Miss Rosalee Smith, Miss Lonie Smith, Mrs. C. W. Fox, and Mrs.
Bessie Mercer, all of Winnfield, and a half sister, Mrs. Ivy Wyatt of
Jonesboro; two grandchildren.

Acting as pallbearers were Denvor Fox, Laurie Mercer, Perry Joe Smith, Clyde
Smith, Jr., Jerry T. Smith, C. R. Long.