Funeral services for Opal "Sally" L. Smith, of Bogue Chitto, are 11 a.m. on Friday, April 1, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel, with burial in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at Riverwood.
Mrs. Smith, 95, died March 27, 2011, at King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Crete, Tex. on June 9, 1915, to Eugene Sim and Gibralta Bass Maricle.
She was a retired schoolteacher and avid reader.
She was descended from pioneer families of South Carolina and Texas. She was a member of the Thomas Paine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her ancestor, Joshua Perkins. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Tex., she taught elementary students in Pasadena, Tex. Mrs. Smith was known in Bogue Chitto as "Sally," a nickname her husband gave her. She enjoyed good health throughout her 95 years and as recently as two weeks ago could be seen driving her car, an accomplishment in which she took great pride. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Bogue Chitto.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Robert "Bob" E. Smith; and her sister, Oma Maricle Hall.
Survivors are her niece, Arlen Hall Westergaard of Texas; her first cousin, Sandra McKinnon Loridans of Chapala, Mexico; her great-niece, Dr. Deborah Marie Westergaard of Dallas, Tex.; her great-nephew, Edwin H. Westergaard of Denver, Col.; her brother-in-law, Rudalph Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; her sisters-in-law, Pauline Burns of Bogue Chitto, Ayleen Callender of Hixton, Tenn., and Magdalene Smith of Brookhaven; her step grandchildren, Margaret "Meg" Smith of Raleigh, N.C., Robert Brown and Mark Brown of Rochester, N.Y.; Chris Brown of Dallas, Tex.; Matthew Brown of Shreveport, La.; and Timothy Brown of Philadelphia, Penn.
The family wishes to publicly acknowledge the dedicated nursing service of Mrs. Smith's step-granddaughter, Margaret "Meg" Smith.
The Daily Leader
**She is also listed as being buried in the Warrick Brister Cemetery**
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at Riverwood.
Mrs. Smith, 95, died March 27, 2011, at King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Crete, Tex. on June 9, 1915, to Eugene Sim and Gibralta Bass Maricle.
She was a retired schoolteacher and avid reader.
She was descended from pioneer families of South Carolina and Texas. She was a member of the Thomas Paine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her ancestor, Joshua Perkins. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Tex., she taught elementary students in Pasadena, Tex. Mrs. Smith was known in Bogue Chitto as "Sally," a nickname her husband gave her. She enjoyed good health throughout her 95 years and as recently as two weeks ago could be seen driving her car, an accomplishment in which she took great pride. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Bogue Chitto.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Robert "Bob" E. Smith; and her sister, Oma Maricle Hall.
Survivors are her niece, Arlen Hall Westergaard of Texas; her first cousin, Sandra McKinnon Loridans of Chapala, Mexico; her great-niece, Dr. Deborah Marie Westergaard of Dallas, Tex.; her great-nephew, Edwin H. Westergaard of Denver, Col.; her brother-in-law, Rudalph Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; her sisters-in-law, Pauline Burns of Bogue Chitto, Ayleen Callender of Hixton, Tenn., and Magdalene Smith of Brookhaven; her step grandchildren, Margaret "Meg" Smith of Raleigh, N.C., Robert Brown and Mark Brown of Rochester, N.Y.; Chris Brown of Dallas, Tex.; Matthew Brown of Shreveport, La.; and Timothy Brown of Philadelphia, Penn.
The family wishes to publicly acknowledge the dedicated nursing service of Mrs. Smith's step-granddaughter, Margaret "Meg" Smith.
The Daily Leader
**She is also listed as being buried in the Warrick Brister Cemetery**
Funeral services for Opal "Sally" L. Smith, of Bogue Chitto, are 11 a.m. on Friday, April 1, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel, with burial in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at Riverwood.
Mrs. Smith, 95, died March 27, 2011, at King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Crete, Tex. on June 9, 1915, to Eugene Sim and Gibralta Bass Maricle.
She was a retired schoolteacher and avid reader.
She was descended from pioneer families of South Carolina and Texas. She was a member of the Thomas Paine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her ancestor, Joshua Perkins. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Tex., she taught elementary students in Pasadena, Tex. Mrs. Smith was known in Bogue Chitto as "Sally," a nickname her husband gave her. She enjoyed good health throughout her 95 years and as recently as two weeks ago could be seen driving her car, an accomplishment in which she took great pride. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Bogue Chitto.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Robert "Bob" E. Smith; and her sister, Oma Maricle Hall.
Survivors are her niece, Arlen Hall Westergaard of Texas; her first cousin, Sandra McKinnon Loridans of Chapala, Mexico; her great-niece, Dr. Deborah Marie Westergaard of Dallas, Tex.; her great-nephew, Edwin H. Westergaard of Denver, Col.; her brother-in-law, Rudalph Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; her sisters-in-law, Pauline Burns of Bogue Chitto, Ayleen Callender of Hixton, Tenn., and Magdalene Smith of Brookhaven; her step grandchildren, Margaret "Meg" Smith of Raleigh, N.C., Robert Brown and Mark Brown of Rochester, N.Y.; Chris Brown of Dallas, Tex.; Matthew Brown of Shreveport, La.; and Timothy Brown of Philadelphia, Penn.
The family wishes to publicly acknowledge the dedicated nursing service of Mrs. Smith's step-granddaughter, Margaret "Meg" Smith.
The Daily Leader
**She is also listed as being buried in the Warrick Brister Cemetery**
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at Riverwood.
Mrs. Smith, 95, died March 27, 2011, at King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Crete, Tex. on June 9, 1915, to Eugene Sim and Gibralta Bass Maricle.
She was a retired schoolteacher and avid reader.
She was descended from pioneer families of South Carolina and Texas. She was a member of the Thomas Paine Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her ancestor, Joshua Perkins. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Tex., she taught elementary students in Pasadena, Tex. Mrs. Smith was known in Bogue Chitto as "Sally," a nickname her husband gave her. She enjoyed good health throughout her 95 years and as recently as two weeks ago could be seen driving her car, an accomplishment in which she took great pride. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Bogue Chitto.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Robert "Bob" E. Smith; and her sister, Oma Maricle Hall.
Survivors are her niece, Arlen Hall Westergaard of Texas; her first cousin, Sandra McKinnon Loridans of Chapala, Mexico; her great-niece, Dr. Deborah Marie Westergaard of Dallas, Tex.; her great-nephew, Edwin H. Westergaard of Denver, Col.; her brother-in-law, Rudalph Smith of Baton Rouge, La.; her sisters-in-law, Pauline Burns of Bogue Chitto, Ayleen Callender of Hixton, Tenn., and Magdalene Smith of Brookhaven; her step grandchildren, Margaret "Meg" Smith of Raleigh, N.C., Robert Brown and Mark Brown of Rochester, N.Y.; Chris Brown of Dallas, Tex.; Matthew Brown of Shreveport, La.; and Timothy Brown of Philadelphia, Penn.
The family wishes to publicly acknowledge the dedicated nursing service of Mrs. Smith's step-granddaughter, Margaret "Meg" Smith.
The Daily Leader
**She is also listed as being buried in the Warrick Brister Cemetery**
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