Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Wednesday, May 29, 1929

MRS. FRANCES SMELL[E]Y.

Arcadia, May 28 (Special). -- Mrs. Frances Smell[e]y, 73 years old, died Saturday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Wedg[e]worth, after a few weeks' illness. Funeral services were held Sunday, conducted by the Rev. W. T. Strain, of Simsboro, and interment was in Arcadia cemetery.

Surviving are three sons, W. J. Murphy and John Smell[e]y, of Arcadia, and Ed Murphy, of Liberty Hill; and one daughter, Mrs. Wedgeworth.