Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, September 25, 1961

JESSE TILLMAN SMITH

Funeral services for Jesse Tillman Smith, 33, formerly of Louin, will be held Tuesday, 3 p.m. at Palestine Baptist Church.

Smith, a resident of Levelland, Tex., died unexpectedly Friday night.

Burial will be at Palestine Cemetery.

Survivors are his widow and two sons Ronnie Smith and Gregg Smith of Levelland; his mother, Mrs. Dent Smith, Louin; one brother, Truman Smith, Mobile; and three sisters, Mrs. Martin Stamper, Louin; Mrs. Jean Talbot, Mobile, and Mrs. William Louis [sic Lewis], Laurel.

The body will arrive at Memory Chapel early Tuesday morning.