Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Smith, James October 15, 1944
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Coatesville Record, October 16, 1944
Coatesville Record, October 16, 1944
James Smith
James Smith, widely known resident of Parkesburg, died yesterday morning in 
Coatesville hospital from a heart condition.  He had been a patient at the 
hospital for a week but had not been in the best of health for some years. He 
celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday on April 5 last.

Mr. Smith, a son of the late Parvin and Jane Brinton Smith, was born in 
Parkesburg, where he lived al his life, except that for the past twenty-one 
years he had spent his winters in St. Petersburg, Fla.  During all his life he 
was engaged in the real estate business and was active in business up until 
about ten days before his death.

Mr. Smith was a life long member of the Society of Friends and attended the 
meeting in Coatesville.  He was also a member of the Parkesburg Chamber of 
Commerce and was always greatly interested in civic and community affairs.  He 
came of a family that has en prominently identified with the town for several 
generations.

Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Terwilleger Smith, two sons and two 
daughters, Francis W., of Parkesburg; Walter P, of Parkesburg; Dorothy, wife of 
Leo Lutz of Glassboro, N.J.; and Elizabeth, wife of Edward Prickett, of Sewell, 
N.J.; two sisters and a brother, Miss Gulielma Smith, William Smith and Dr. May 
Smith, all of Parkesburg, and eight grandchildren.

The funeral will take place from the Wilde Funeral Home in Parkesburg, on 
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.  Interment will be in Upper Octorara 
Cemetery.  Friends have been invited to call at the funeral home on Tuesday 
evening.


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