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Pearl A BLACK

Greenwood Annex Cemetery
Ouachita County,
Arkansas

Jessie
September 16, 1879 - March 21, 1949

Pearl
February 9, 1886 - December 28, 1957

*Obituary
Mrs. Pearl A. BLACK, widow of Jessie Franklin Black and a former resident of
Camden, died in a Shreveport, La. hospital at 8:25 p.m. Saturday after a long
illness. Mrs. Black had been living in Shreveport for the past three and one
half years. She was born in Missouri February 9, 1886, the daughter of Gus and
Mandy Gill Smith. Before moving to Shreveport she lived in Camden for about 23
years. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by four sons
Clyde and Charles Black of Shreveport; Claude and Billy Joe Black of Camden; two
daughters Mrs. Thadeus Wade and mrs. J.H. Cunningham of Shreveport; two brothers
Harry Smith of Calion and Will Smith of Fordyce; three sisters Mrs. L.E. Kindle
of Sterling, Ill., Mrs. Grace Mays of Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs Elbert
McFarland of Waskom, Texas and twelve grandchildren. Funeral services were to
be at 2:00 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church by Revs. Francis A. Buddin,
W. Neil Hart and George Ross of Shreveport. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery by
Proctor Funeral Home. Active casket bearers were Albert Bell, John Morris,
Billie Cunningham, George C. Smith, Charles H. Bradshaw and Charles H. Moore.

Contributed on 4/8/12 by debbraszymanski
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Submitted: 4/8/12 • Approved: 8/1/23 • Last Updated: 8/4/23 • R673714-G673713-S3

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