Extracted from The Alexandria Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Tuesday, November 29, 1994

Gilbert J. Smith

Graveside services for Gilbert J. Smith will be at 1 p.m. today in Cotile Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Galloway officiating. Burial will be under direction of Rush, Pineville.

Smith, 74, of Pineville died at 12:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 1994, in Sunset Inn Nursing Home.

Survivors include two sons, John Royston of Lafayette and Ronnie Royston of Houston, La.; four daughters, Linda Garoutte and Ruby Brackney, both of Alexandria, Kathleen Case of Brookhaven, Miss., and Darlene Williams of Monroe; two brothers, Alton Smith and O.J. Smith, both of Jonesville; 27 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from12:30 p.m. until time of services in the cemetery.