Extracted from The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, September 27, 1947

SMITH -- John Bernard Smith, 52, died September 23, 1947 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecompte.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Zelma Smith of Cheneyville, four sons, Bernard, Jr., Robert, Jerald, and Earl, all of Cheneyville, three brothers, O. F. and M. M. Smith, both of Houston, Tex., and Branch Smith, of Cheneyville, two sisters, Mrs. J. I. Newman, of Cheneyville, and Mrs. A. R. Pruit, of New Orleans.

The funeral service was held in the Cheneyville Baptist church, September 25, 1947 at 3 p.m. Interment was in the Episcopal cemetery in Cheneyville, under the direction of Hixson Bros. funeral home of Bunkie.