julia (black) smitherman
Jonesboro.-Mrs. R. J.
Smitherman, age 64 years, died after a long illness on Sept. 8 at her
home near Jonesboro. The funeral serv- ices were held at Liberty Hill
Baptist church in Bienville parish, with Rev. Steve Quarrels
officiating, associated by Rev. W. T. Strain of Simsboro. Interment was
made in the cemetery there, under the di- rection of Edmond's funeral
home.
She is survived by her husband, R. J. Smitherman; eight daughters, Mrs. D. L. Saunders, Mrs. D. W. Maxwell of Jonesboro, Mrs. Way- mon Payne of Winnfield, Mrs. C. B. Morris of Lufkin, Texas, Mrs. S. M. Warner of Kilgore, Texas, Mrs. T. H. Nash of McLain, Miss., Mrs. Albert Jonetz of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. Earl Teagle of Hodge and three sons, Dawson Smitherman of Vicksburg, Elzey Smitherman of Jonesboro, and Lisso Smitherman of Epps, La., and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Smitherman of Jonesboro, Mrs. Lee Langford of Liberty Hill, Mrs. Fannie Scroggins of Monroe, Mrs. Henry Hayes of Castor; two brothers, Tom and Melton Black of Liberty Hill.
She is survived by her husband, R. J. Smitherman; eight daughters, Mrs. D. L. Saunders, Mrs. D. W. Maxwell of Jonesboro, Mrs. Way- mon Payne of Winnfield, Mrs. C. B. Morris of Lufkin, Texas, Mrs. S. M. Warner of Kilgore, Texas, Mrs. T. H. Nash of McLain, Miss., Mrs. Albert Jonetz of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. Earl Teagle of Hodge and three sons, Dawson Smitherman of Vicksburg, Elzey Smitherman of Jonesboro, and Lisso Smitherman of Epps, La., and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Smitherman of Jonesboro, Mrs. Lee Langford of Liberty Hill, Mrs. Fannie Scroggins of Monroe, Mrs. Henry Hayes of Castor; two brothers, Tom and Melton Black of Liberty Hill.