Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, December 17, 1999

Roy L. Smith

Services for Roy L. Smith will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Hixson Bros., Pineville, with the Revs. Jeff Pollard and Joseph Lloyd officiating. Burial will be in Kitchens Creek Cemetery.

Smith, 80, of Ball died Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999, in Rapides Regional Medical Center.

He was a charter member and deacon of Providence Baptist Church and a board member of Water Works District #3. He was a retired bus driver with the Rapides Parish School System.

Survivors include his wife, Nellie McCormick Smith of Ball; three sons, Douglas Smith, Wendall Smith and Mark A. Smith, all of Ball; one sister, Ava Smith Johnson of Alexandria; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until time of services Saturday in the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Kitchens Creek Cemetery Fund, c/o Landis Robertson, 141 Gayven Drive, Pineville, La., 71360, or Providence Baptist Church, P.O. Box 102, Ball, La., 71405.