Northampton County NcArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Russell Ferdinand 1958
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 12-03-1958, SECT. I, P. 7
RUSSELL FERDINAND SMITH

   BOYKINS – Russell F. Smith, 57, died suddenly at his residence here Friday, 
Nov. 28, at 11:50 a.m.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Estelle Ricks Smith and son of George Washington 
and Ella  Tammie Griffin Smith. A native of Northampton County, N.C., he was a 
member of the Boykins Baptist Church. He was an automobile mechanic by trade.

   Besides his wife, surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Lula Pulley Smith of 
Norfolk; two sons, M. Rudolph Smith of Truro, Mass.; two brothers, Ennis E. 
Smith of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Robert L. Smith of Norfolk; four sisters, 
Mrs. Ronie May Smith of Branchville, Mrs. Cora M. Francis of Franklin, Mrs. Ida 
E. Harper of South Norfolk and Mrs. Irma S. Crawford of California, and three 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the 
Purviance Funeral Home. The Rev. Ben B. Ussery, pastor of Boykins Baptist 
Church, officiated. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Waverly 
Bunch, George Smith, Lewis G. Smith, Vernie Smith, Carlton Smith, Archie Lee, 
Frank Lee and Spier Edwards.

*In the line: husband of Mrs. (Estelle Ricks Smith and son of George Washington 
and Ella) Tommie Griffin Smith  What's in parenthesis was unreadable and added 
by me from my notes.

Source:  VP  (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)   B9


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