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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, November 3, 1976

Mrs. Smith, 79, Dies; Burial At Zion Hill

Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine B. Smith, 79, of Jonesboro, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with the Revs. Willie James and Bill Fuller officiating.

Burial was in Zion Hill Cemetery at Tannehill for Mrs. Smith who died Thursday, October 28, 1976 in Jackson Parish Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include her husband, Joe W. Smith of Jonesboro; one son, Jimmy Joe Smith of Jonesboro; three stepsons, Altno [sic Alton] Smith of Sikes, Alvin Smith and Mervin Smith, both of Matagorda, Tex.,; one daughter, Mrs. Billy Underwood of Jonesboro; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Pauline Artego [sic Ortego] of Bossier City; one brother, Joseph Buchan of Winnsboro; one sister, Mrs. Sina Page of Delhi; and nine grandchildren.