Marshall County, Oklahoma Obituary:  Leonard Belvin Smith - s530

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LEONARD BELVIN SMITH

Leonard Belvin Smith, 81, a Napa Valley resident since 1946, died 
Sunday at Queen of the Valley Hospital after short illness. He 
lived in Napa at 2400 Fair Drive.

Born Aug. 5, 1896 in Oklahoma, he was educated there, then served 
in the U.S. Army during World War I. Mr. Smith came to California 
in 1946 and settled in the Napa Valley. He was a construction 
laborer, last working for the Lenz & Son Company. Mr. Smith was a 
member of the American Legion.

Surviving is his wife, Pauline Smith of Napa, with daughters Ruth W. 
Dudley of Yountville; Myrtle Moburg and Geneva McCaffery, both of St. 
Helena; Edna Sims of Alaska; and Dorothy Ellis of Napa, a brother, 
Fred M. Smith of Tenessee, and sister, Minnie Mayberry of Texas. He 
leaves nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three great
-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Napa 
Vally Memorial Gardens Mortuary. The Rev. Gene Longwill of the First 
Assembly of God Church will officaiate.

Interment will be in Napa Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

[note: born in Marshall County, August 5, 1896].