Ruby Smith's Obituary
Funeral services for Ruby Smith, 80, of Anacoco, Louisiana will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Labby Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Gil Arthur officiating. Burial will follow in the Mitchell Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 18th and on Thursday, April 19th from 8:00 am until service time at the funeral home.
Ruby, the daughter of W.R. and Cora May McKeithen Childers was born June 16, 1931, in Fondale, LA. She passed away Monday, April 16th, in Leesville, LA.
Mrs. Smith worked for South Central Bell Telephone Operator. After retirement from South Central Bell she returned to school to earn a degree in nursing. After becoming an LPN she worked for Kurthwood Manor Nursing Home in Leesville.
She was preceded in death by her husband J.L. “Red” Smith and son, J.L. Smith, Jr.
She is survived by her sons, Charles Wayne Smith of New Bedford, MA & Sherman David Smith of Annapolis, MD; daughters, Linda Sue Williamson of West Lake, LA & Fredia Smith Nelson of Anacoco, LA; 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
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