Obit of James Arthur Smith (s530) - McClain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Don & Bev Hutchins   <don&bev@nctimes.net>  6 Apr 2002
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(Source - Newspaper - "The Press-Enterprise", 'Temecula-Murrieta Edition',
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, Thursday, March 28, 2002, Section B,
Page 4)


    JAMES ARTHUR SMITH, 86, died Saturday at his Perris home.  Born in
Washington, Okla., Mr. Smith lived in Perris 23 years.  He was maintenance
supervisor at Loma Linda University, La Sierra campus, for 10 years before
he retired in 1978.
    Mr. Smith was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Perris.
    He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Vivian; two sons, Bruce and
Reuben, both of Perris; a daughter, Karen of Banning; four grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mozell Floyd of New Mexico and
Billy McCloster of Texas.
    Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial
Park Chapel in Riverside.  Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Miller-Jones Mortuary in Perris is handling arrangements.


(Source - Newspaper - "The Press-Enterprise", 'Temecula-Murrieta Edition',
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, Thursday, March 28, 2002, Section B,
Page 4)