Lydia Smith d. 22 October 1978

WAYNESVILLE- Mrs. Lydia Smith, 58, of Waynesville, died at noon Sunday at the Pulaski County Hospital here after a long illness.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Virginia McClellan, Fort Wood, Miss Patricia Smith, Waynesville, and Mrs. Sue Falcone, state of Pennsylvania; three sons, Kenneth and Edward, both of Waynesville, and Bob, Laquey; three brothers, Arval, Harold and Herbert Graham, all of Waynesville; two sisters, Mrs. Leatha Porter and Mrs. Lela Forthman, both of the state of California; two stepsons, Howard and John Smith, both of the state of New York; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Janie Cummings, of the state of Florida; and 18 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Palmer-Pickering Chapel here, with the REv. Ernest Gladden officiating. Burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Cemetery.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
24 October 1978
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