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Josie <I>Smith</I> Childress

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Josie Smith Childress

Birth
Chatham, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
19 May 1978 (aged 80)
West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Clarks, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Services for Mrs. Josie S. Childress, 80, of Columbia, were held at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia with the Rev. J. O. Russell officiating.

Burial was in Old Bethel Cemetery near Clarks for Mrs. Childress, who died Friday in Glenwood Hospital in West Monroe after a brief illness.

She was the widow of the late Henry Childress, who was an Eastside planter and logger for many years in this parish. He died in 1957.

Survivors include two daughters, Miss Ethel Childress of Columbia and Mrs. Bernice Steiner of Pasadena, Texas; two brothers, Henry Smith of Jonesboro and Owie [sic Oie] Smith of Chatham; and two grandchildren.

Published in The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA), Thursday, May 25, 1978
Services for Mrs. Josie S. Childress, 80, of Columbia, were held at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia with the Rev. J. O. Russell officiating.

Burial was in Old Bethel Cemetery near Clarks for Mrs. Childress, who died Friday in Glenwood Hospital in West Monroe after a brief illness.

She was the widow of the late Henry Childress, who was an Eastside planter and logger for many years in this parish. He died in 1957.

Survivors include two daughters, Miss Ethel Childress of Columbia and Mrs. Bernice Steiner of Pasadena, Texas; two brothers, Henry Smith of Jonesboro and Owie [sic Oie] Smith of Chatham; and two grandchildren.

Published in The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA), Thursday, May 25, 1978


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  • Created by: Ron Manley
  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66904636/josie-childress: accessed ), memorial page for Josie Smith Childress (8 Jan 1898–19 May 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66904636, citing Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).