Obituaries: Albert Lee Smith, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 12, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise

Final Rites for A. L. Smith To Be Held Friday At 3 P.M.

Last rites for Albert Lee Smith, 69 years, 7 months, and 7 days of age, who
died in a local hospital at 5 a.m. Thursday, July 12, will be held in the
First Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Friday.  The pastor, Rev. W. L. Holcomb, will
officiate.  Burial will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Mr. Smith suffered a heart attack July 5.  Cause of death was coronary
thrombosis.

Retired in October, 11954 from the Tremont & Gulf Railway, where he had served
for 45 years as general manager and vice president, Mr. Smith since then has
been manager of the Independent Ice Company in Winnfield.  For 25 years he has
been a director of the Bank of Winnfield.

He has been active throughout his lifetime in civic and religious circles.  He
was a member of First Baptist Church and its various organizations.  For 10
years he was a member of the parish school board, eight of which he served as
its president.  He also served several terms as a member of the town council.

Mr. Smith was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Commander
and Knights Templar.  He was active in the organization of the Winnfield Lions
Club and at present is International Counselor of Lions.

Keenly interested in politics, Mr. Smith recently was named Colonel of the
staff of Governor Earl K. Long.  In prior years he had been named Colonel and
Aide-de-Camp on the staffs of Governors James A. Noe, Dick Leche, Jimmy Davis,
and O. K. Allen, and also a Colonel on Gov. Long's staff in the first
administration.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ottice Barnes Smith, and one daughter, Mrs.
Harwell Allen, both of Winnfield; two sons, Leonard Smith, Tyler, Texas;
Albert Smith, Jr., Baton Rouge; three brothers, Houston Smith, Winnfield;
Henry Smith, Monroe; and James I. Smith, New Orleans; one sister, Mrs. A. L.
Ladner of Ponchatoula, who is now on a tour of Europe.

Mr. Smith was born in Grant Parish but had lived most of his lifetime in
Winnfield.  He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith, prominent
residents of Winnfield.