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Submitted: 2/10/12 • Approved: 2/10/12 • Last Updated: 7/24/12 • R647485-G647484-S3
August 30, 1881, Izard County, Arkansas
June 4, 1950, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas
Daughter of George Washington Bray & Martha Ann Cornelius Bray
Married Leonidas Whitfield "Lon" Smith, March 24, 1901, Fulton County, Arkansas
Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, June 9, 1950:
Mrs. Francis Smith Dies at Oxford Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Francis Smith, aged 68, were held yesterday afternoon at the Oxford Church of Christ.
Mrs. Smith died of a heart attack at her home in Oxford Sunday. She was a life-long resident of this county and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Lon Smith; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Ballard, Mrs. Elsie Rains and Mrs. Verlean Parker all of Oxford; six sons, T. Smith of San Jose, Calif., Herbert Smith of Hendrix, Okla., Floyce Smith of Indianapolis, Ind., and Curtis Leo and Wilbur Smith all of Oxford.
Burial was in Oxford Cemetery.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 2/10/12 by maxparnell
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