Smith, Della Landfried (Rev.)

Passed: 1941-05-07

Age: 54

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1941-05-09

Information: Rev. Dell Smith, well known farmer and Baptist minister, of Advent, died early Wednesday morning at a local hospital.  Becoming suddenly ill on Tuesday of last week, his condition became rapidly worse and on Friday he was brought to the hospital.  Rev. Smith was born June 24, 1886 in Jackson county, a son of John and Elizabeth (Hamon) Smith and spent the greater part of his life in the vicinity of Advent, and his sudden death came as a shock to his many relatives and friends.  He was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church for 23 years.  He married Lucy Mae Siders on 23 July 1910.  Besides his wife, Mrs. Lucy Siders Smith, he is survived by five sons, Stinson Smith of Advent, Stanton Smith of Ohio, Quinton Smith, with the US Army in California, and Ray and Cordor Smith, at home, and two daughters, Mildred and Lenore Smith, both at home.  Funeral services were expected to be held Friday with burial at the Mangus cemetery.  Funeral arrangements have not been completed.  [Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]