Craven County NcArchives Obituaries.....Smith, John Marvin 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net November 4, 2013, 5:47 pm THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 12-07-1951, P. 13 JOHN MARVIN SMITH John Marvin Smith, 69, of New Bern, N.C., died in the Duke University Hospital, Durham, early Wednesday morning , November 28, after a week’s illness. The funeral was conducted the following afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Riverside Methodist Church, New Bern, by the pastor, Rev. W.N. McDonald, and Rev. A.E. Brown of Goldsboro, N.C., a former pastor. Interment was in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern. The deceased was born in Southampton County, a son of the late John A. Smith and Antoinette Simmons Smith. He was member of the Riverside Methodist Church, New Bern, and a charter member of the Doric Lodge, A.F. and A.M. He served two terms on the New Bern Board of Aldermen. Surviving are his wife; five sons, Wallace Smith of Los Angeles, Calif., Earl A. Smith of Raleigh, N.C., and Marvin Ronald, R. Clyde and Leo Smith of New Bern; one brother, Arthur H. Smith of Yanceyville, N.C.; and four sisters, Mrs. Seith Atkinson of Franklin, Mrs. G.S. Waite of Richmond, Mrs. N.L. Lea of Greensboro, N.C., and Mrs. H.S. Clark of Boston, Mass. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/craven/obits/s/smith3431gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb