|
|
Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive |
Lois SmithPublished Wednesday, August 20, 2003 in the Nevada County PicayuneLois Joplin (Pet) (Peppie) Smith, 91, of Hot Springs formerly of Arkadelphia, died Sunday, August 17, 2003, at her home. She was born February 7, 1912, in Mena, the daughter of John and Ola Joplin. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher's Association, Rotary Ann and a charter member of Prudance Hall Daughter's of American Revolution. She was the widow of J. Ed Smith. Survivors include her daughter, Claudette Smith Ford of Hot Springs; two grandsons, Tom Ed Ford and his wife, Amy of Hot Springs and Roger Smith Ford and his wife, Alyson of Roland; three great-grandsons, Lucas Edward Ford, Tyler Smith Ford and Alexander Tom Ford; two half brothers, John Edward Joplin of Sallisaw, Oklahoma and Bill Joplin of Jacksonville. Graveside services were 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation was 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday at Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home in Arkadelphia. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association. Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
|
Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media. Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart |