Cooper - Jeff Davis Smith, 89, Sulphur Springs, a retired farmer, died at the home of illness, Sunday at about 3:20 p.m.
Last rites were set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Emblem where burial was to be made by McDonald Funeral Home at Cooper. Grandsons were named bearers.
Born in Tennessee¹, May 4, 1871, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Euel and Mary² (Wickham) Smith. His wife died several years ago.
He leaves these children: Mrs. H.W. Cheey, Borger; Mrs. Walter Ragan and Mrs. R.D. Collins, Sulphur Springs; Thomas Smith, Fort Worth, and A.G. Smith, Ridgeway, Rt. 1, 29 other descendants, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Marable, Sulphur Springs.
Published in The Paris News, August 29, 1960.
*The obituary lists the incorrect father, Col. Gaines Chisholm Smith.
Contributor: Jaycie Smith
¹He was born in Alabama, not Tennessee.
²His mother was Louisa Eliza Wickham, the second wife of Gaines Smith. b. 1847 d. 1880 m. 7 May 1868 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Cooper - Jeff Davis Smith, 89, Sulphur Springs, a retired farmer, died at the home of illness, Sunday at about 3:20 p.m.
Last rites were set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Emblem where burial was to be made by McDonald Funeral Home at Cooper. Grandsons were named bearers.
Born in Tennessee¹, May 4, 1871, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Euel and Mary² (Wickham) Smith. His wife died several years ago.
He leaves these children: Mrs. H.W. Cheey, Borger; Mrs. Walter Ragan and Mrs. R.D. Collins, Sulphur Springs; Thomas Smith, Fort Worth, and A.G. Smith, Ridgeway, Rt. 1, 29 other descendants, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Marable, Sulphur Springs.
Published in The Paris News, August 29, 1960.
*The obituary lists the incorrect father, Col. Gaines Chisholm Smith.
Contributor: Jaycie Smith
¹He was born in Alabama, not Tennessee.
²His mother was Louisa Eliza Wickham, the second wife of Gaines Smith. b. 1847 d. 1880 m. 7 May 1868 in Limestone County, Alabama.
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Mary Ann Smith Toone
1846–1923
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Phelps Sheppard "Shep" Smith
1848–1902
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Hattie D. Smith Croney
1849–1944
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Milton Long Smith
1853–1953
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Matilda Jane "Janie" Smith Cates
1855–1953
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Margaret Johnson Smith Tucker
1860–1954
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Emma Thomas Smith Marable
1866–1965
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Ida Jackson Smith Davis
1873–1940
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Alice Smith Davis
1878–1957
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Bedford Forrest Smith
1885–1917
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Ewell Smith
1892–1933
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