MEDINA COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: SMITH, Mrs Lucy (1905) **************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003643 August 27, 1999 *********************************************************************** Medina Co. Oh Obituaries A new message, "Smith, Lucy," was posted by Teri Cleaveland on Wed, 25 Aug 1999 Surname: SMITH --- NAME: Teri Cleaveland EMAIL: pastor751@greenapple.com DATE: Aug 25 1999 URL: http:// QRYTEXT: Medina County Gazette page 8 Mar 3, 1905 Mrs. Lucy Smith Mrs. Lucy Smith was born in Buckingham County, Va., and died Feb. 8, 1005 in Medina Township. Her husband died when the children were small, leaving her the burden to bear alone. She was the mother of eight children. One died in infancy. and two died after they became men, namely, Rev. C. S. Smith of Kentucky and Dr. E. T. Smith of Berea. Three sons, two daughters and 12 grand chil-dren remain to mourn their loss. In 1856 she moved to Ohio to give the children a chance to get an education. She was a strong advocate of temper-ance and a regular attendant of the M. E. church after her conversion which was at a watch night meeting in East Towsend, O. in 1870, conducted by the pastor, the late Rev. G. L. Hanawalt, whom she had spoken with to conduct her funeral. But God saw fit to call him home just two months before. The funeral was held at her son s, R. J. Smith s, conducted by Rev. Thistle of Brunswick, Feb. 12, 1905. A quartet of singers from Weymouth rendered excellent music of her favorite songs. The Interment was made in Brunswick. . This is an automatically-generated notice. ********OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List*****************************************