Obituary of Ruby Smith, Lawrence Co, AR

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Submitted by: Regina Creekmore Weaver<weave@intellinet.com>
        Date: 5 Aug 2001
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Here are some more of the obits from a scrapbook of a lady (a distant
cousin) that lived in the Jesup, Lawrence County area of Arkansas already.
Remember that the problem with these is that there are very few actual
dates given for the dates of death, and there are no newspaper names
written beside them. What I do know I've listed, and what was penciled in
on the obit, I've included. If you find someone that is attached to you,
please let me know, and I will try and see if I can find any other
information for you, such as date of death if you don't have it, and
possibly a newspaper name, also.

>From the Times Dispatch, November 12, 1986
Ruby Smith

Ruby Smith, aged 79, of Jesup died last night in White River Medical Center
in Batesville following an illness of several weeks.
A lifetime resident of Jesup, she was the daughter of L.B. and Ada Smith,
and was a member of the Eli Lindsey Methodist Church.  "Miss Ruby", as she
was known to many, was a retired school teacher and had been a Jesup
correspondent for 'The Times Dispatch' for many years.
A brother, Eddie Smith, preceded her in death.
Survivors include three sisters, Annie Durham of Smithville, Lorene Howard
of Lynn and Zayna Rudy of Peoria, Ill.; a brother, Jay Smith of Jesup; nine
nieces and four nephews.
Funeral will be Friday afternoon at 1:30 in the Eli Lindsey Methodist
Church with Rev. John Stoll officiating.  Burial will be in the Lancaster
Cemetery under direction of Bryan Funeral Home.

>From the Times Dispatch, November 19, 1986
Smith services

Funeral services for Ruby Smith of Jesup, who died Nov. 11 at the White
River Medical Center in Batesville, were held Friday afternoon at 1:30 in
the Eli Lindsey Methodist Church with Rev. John Stoll officiating.  Burial
was in Lancaster Cemetery under the direction of Bryan Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Boyce Durham, Terry Durham, Jack Sisk, Tony Smith, Nathan
Howard, Charles Penn, Wayburn Penn and Leland Mize.