Obituaries: Julius P. Smith, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 1, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise
      January 2, 1953 Winnfield News-American

No. 1 

Funeral Services Held Friday For Julius P. Smith

Funeral services for Julius P. Smith, 68, retired Winn Parish farmer, were
held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hebron Baptist Church.  He died Thursday about 12:15
a.m. of a heart attack at his home here.

Mr. Smith was a lifelong resident of Winn Parish and was born about eight
miles east of Sikes.  He was a member of the Hebron Baptist Church for more
than 21 years.

Officiating at the funeral were Rev. Lewis McDaniel, Rev. Louis Holt, pastor
of Old Union Baptist Church, and Rev. W. C. Elmore, pastor of the Laureh
Heights Assembly of God Church.  Burial was in Hebron Cemetery under direction
of Edmonds Funeral Home in Jonesboro.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Josephine Thompson Smith; five sons, Lawson
and Homer of West Monroe, Clayton and Floyd of Beaumont, Texas, and Doyle, now
in Italy; one daughter, Mrs. Pete Mayes of Sikes; 12 grandchildren and one
great grandchild.

Active pallbearers were Alvin Pepper, Alon Smith, Clarence Thompson, Odis
Pepper, R. D. Smith, Overton Deville.

Honorary pallbearers were A. T. Dean, Herbert Bass, Pete Richardson, Fred
Roark, Bob Mills, H. A. Alderman, and S. G. McDaniel.

No. 2

Julius P. Smith, Retired Farmer, Dies on Thursday

Funeral services were conducted at the Hebron Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Friday
for Julius P. Smith, 68, retired Winn Parish farmer who died Thursday at his
home in Sikes.

Rites were conducted by Rev. Lewis McDaniel, Rev. Louis Holt, and Rev. W. O.
Elmoore, with interment in the Hebron Cemetery under direction of Edmonds
Funeral Home.

A life long resident of Winn Parish, Mr. Smith was born about eight miles east
of Sikes.  He was a member of the Hebron Baptist Church for more than 21
years.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Josephine Thompson Smith; five sons, Lawson
and Homer Smith of West Monroe, Clayton and Floyd Smith of Beaumont, Texas,
and Doyle Smith, now in Italy; one daughter, Mrs. Pete Mayes of Sikes; 12
grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Active pallbearers were A. T. Dean, Herbert Bass, Pete Richardson, Fred Roark,
Bob Mills, H. A. Alderman, and S. G. McDaniel.