Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Homer R. 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 22, 2011, 2:17 pm The Ionia Weekly Standard, Friday, July 26, 1907 The funeral for this bright boy was attended from the late home in South Ionia, this afternoon at 1 o’clock, Rev. E. E. Branch officiating. Homer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Smith, and was born on May 5, 1891, in South Ionia. He was of uniformly cheerful disposition, and always had many friends. He was a student in the Ionia City schools, and would have entered the eighth grade next fall. Besides the parents, he leaves a brother, aged 14, who was slightly injured in the wreck. Burial was in Balcom cemetery, and the bearers were: Roy Crawford, Fred Howard, Charlie Dengate and Russel Rice. Friends present at the funeral from out of town were: A.C.Mitchell, Mrs. James Mitchell, and Mrs. William Beardsley of Sheridan, and Frank Mitchell of Seattle, Wash. Card of Thanks: We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness rendered us during the death of our son, Homer, also for the beautiful floral tributes and those who offered their services. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith Frank Lee Smith File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith12242nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb