Obituaries: Houston Smith, 1977, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 6, 1977 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Houston Smith Dies After Long Illness

Funeral services for Houston Smith, 83, of Winnfield, were held at 2 p.m.
Monday at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Chapel here with the Rev. Calvin Phelps
officiating.

Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield.

Mr. Smith died Saturday, July 2, 1977 in a local hospital after a lengthy
illness.

He was a veteran of World War I, retired Winnfield chief dispatcher of the
Tremont & Gulf Railroad, and a member of the First Baptist Church of
Winnfield and a native of Grant Parish.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Houston Smith of Winnfield; one son, Roger
Smith of Sheboygan, Wis.; one brother, James I. Smith of Ponchatoula; one
sister, Mrs. Ted Ladner of Ponchatoula, three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.

Pallbearers were J. Cheston Stevens, Don Thompson, Don Walsh, Pete Sanders,
Travis Johnson, and Sheriff Dan Page.