Family of Avery H. SMITH


Birth: 7 MAR 1907 (Winn Parish, LA)
Death: 24 AUG 1986 (Hodge, Jackson Parish, LA)
Burial: Sikes Cemetery (Sikes, Winn Parish, LA)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
James Allen SMITH
b. 14 FEB 1815 (GA)
d. 24 DEC 1889

Harriet Amanda DAMPIER
b. b. 5 MAR 1840 (MS)
d. 27 MAR 1911

Jasper Napoleon SMITH
b. 4 FEB 1876 (LA)
d. 30 APR 1967
(Child) SMITH
b. between 1902-1910 (LA)
d. before 1910

(Child) SMITH
b. between 1902-1910 (LA)
d. before 1910

James Florice SMITH
b. 29 AUG 1905 (LA)
d. 6 DEC 1975

Odie G. SMITH
b. 18 APR 1909 (LA)
d. 26 OCT 1981

Lena M. SMITH
b. 20 MAR 1911 (LA)
d. 23 JUL 1985

James Madison SMITH
b. 22 APR 1833 (MS)
d. 3 SEP 1910

Samantha Caroline PARKER
b. 1844 (MS)
d. 1884

Celia Ann Sophrona SMITH
b. 22 FEB 1870 (LA)
d. 20 AUG 1954

Spouse Marriage Children
Willie Randall RENTZ
b. 31 MAR 1902 (LA)
d. 17 DEC 1960
1923
Winn Parish, LA
Roscoe Wesley RENTZ
b. 24 JUL 1924 (LA)
d. 1 APR 1975

Reginald Amos RENTZ
b. 8 FEB 1927 (LA)
d. 2 SEP 1993

Youruther RENTZ
b. 14 MAY 1929 (LA)
d. 21 AUG 2001

Willie Mae RENTZ
b. 2 DEC 1930 (LA)
d. 28 FEB 1931

Lowruther RENTZ
b. 5 SEP 1931 (LA)

Doruther RENTZ
b. 3 MAR 1935 (LA)

Ellie Randall RENTZ
b. 27 OCT 1937 (LA)
d. 25 NOV 1957

Joseph L. (``Joe'') RENTZ
b. 21 SEP 1938 (LA)
d. 5 JAN 1979

Utah Carl RENTZ
b. FEB 1943 (LA)

Huey Lee CHEEKS
b. 23 NOV 1894* (LA)
d. 17 JUL 1952
after FEB 1943
Winn Parish, LA
None

*This date of birth for Huey Lee CHEEKS is from his tombstone. His obituary gives his date of birth as 22 NOV 1894.

Tombstone of Avery H. SMITH and Huey Lee CHEEKS
Tombstone of Reginald Amos RENTZ
Obituary for Ruth Earline ROBINSON (former wife of Reginald Amos RENTZ)
Obituary for Robert HEAPE (husband of Lowruther RENTZ)
Obituary for Ellie Randall RENTZ
Obituary for Huey Lee CHEEKS

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Last updated on June 11, 2012.