Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, November 26, 1957

MRS. ARAH SMITH BOYD

Funeral services for Mrs. Arah Smith Boyd were held today at the First Baptist Church in West Monroe.

The Rev. Jaroy Weber, pastor, and the Rev. Filer J. Seal officiated, and interment followed in the Hasley Cemetery under the direction of Hall's Funeral Home.

Mrs. Boyd, age 48, died yesterday at her home on the Arkansas Road.

Mrs. Boyd is survived by her husband, Chester Boyd, West Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Odie D. Lee, Jr., West Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Leona Britton and Mrs. Myrtle Clark, both of West Monroe; four brothers, Molin Smith, Hammonds [sic Hammond], A. C. Smith, Baton Rouge, Milan of Baltimore, Md., and John R., Jr., USAF, Okinawa; and her father, John R. Smith, Sr., of West Monroe.