Extracted from The Ruston Daily Leader (Ruston, LA)
Monday, November 13, 1972

C. W. Smith

Mrs. C. W. Smith, 89, of Ruston, died early Monday morning in Lincoln General Hospital following a short illness.

She was the widow of the late Dr. C. W. Smith. She was a former member of the Louisiana State Board of Education and founder of the Church of God in Ruston.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in Ruston with the Rev. Gordon Finley and the Rev. T. E. Miller officiating.

Burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Spears Funeral Home.

Survivors include one son, F. F. Smith of Ruston, one daughter, Mrs. Jack B. Martin of Ruston, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.