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Obit of Mrs. Fannie Francis Smith - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   SandKatC@aol.com  9 Apr 2000
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The Verden News
January 30, 1925


Mrs. Fannie Francis Smith, (nee Lambert) was born in Gansbrough, Ill, 
November 7th, 1849. She professed religion at the age of 14, and united 
with the Methodist church, having been a pilgram for 62 years.

She was married to J. F. Smith on September the 24, 1898, to this union 
10 children were born, four of which died in infancy, the other six were 
present during her sickness and death, which came Monday morning at ten 
o'clock. The funeral was held in the Methodist church, and conducted by 
R. I. Graham and Rev. Taylor, and was laid to rest in the Verden 
cemetery. Mrs. Smith, together with her husband and children, moved from 
Illinois to the Indian Territory, making the trip in a wagon, and 
settled four miles north of Verden, residing in this vicinity ever 
since. Sister Smith was a faithful wife and mother, she came to this 
country in an early day when the souls of mothers were tried, but she 
proved faithful to her trust as a mother and wife, amid the busy whirl o
f life she never lost sight of that all important question, "Prepare to 
meet thy God." Her long useful life will be missed by her many friends, 
though heaven will be brighter by her going. "Blessed are the dead that 
die in the Lord from henceforth thus sayeth the Spirit, they may rest 
from thy labors but their works do follow them."

R. I. Graham, Pastor


Submitted by Sandi Carter