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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, August 10, 1949 William P. Smith W.P. Smith Dies After Five Years Lingering Illness W.P. Smith, retired pioneer farmer, died at his home on West Third Street Sunday after a lingering illness of five years. Services were in the First Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. Monday, with the pastor, Rev. Frank Elkins, preaching the sermon. Arrangements were in charge of Pitcher's. Carnegie Odd Fellows had charge of the burial ceremony at the Carnegie cemetery. William P. Smith was born Sept. 22, 1875, in Cass county, Texas. When he was a small boy his parents moved to Sevier county, Ark. He was married to Melvinia Allen at Belton, Ark., July 21, 1897. In 1902 he moved from DeQueen, Ark. to Mountain View. In 1914 the family moved to the Silver Moon community northwest of Carnegie and two years later located on a farm in the Oak Grove community 10 miles northeast of Carnegie. Here the family 28 years. In 1944 Mr. Smith had a partial stroke and bought his present home in Carnegie and moved to town. He had been in poor health since. Survivors are the wife, three sons, W.B. Smith, Elk City; O.E. Smith, Hydro, and Melvin Smith, Shawnee, Kan.; three daughters, Mrs. Volney Moore, Norman; Mrs. Jess Millwee, Carnegie, and Mrs. Melvin Rorie, Binger, and two brothers, Elbridge Smith, Fort Cobb, and Sam Smith, Anadarko. All of the sons, daughters and brothers were at the bedside at the time of death and attended the funeral. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, November 30, 1966 Gertrude M. Smith Funeral Services For Area Pioneer Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. W.P. Smith, 84, well-known to residents of this area as "Aunt Vinia Smith," were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist church with Rev. Bill Dickover, pastor, officiating. Rev. Bob Williams, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, assisted. Interment was in the Carnegie cemetery. Mrs. Smith, who had been a resident of the Carnegie Nursing Home the past three and a half years, had suffered a broken [as printed in newspaper] Mount Pleasant Baptist church, near DeQueen, at the age of 13 years. She had been a member of the local First Baptist church the past 30 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, two daughters and three grandchildren. Surviving her are three sons, Burl of Elk City, Othie of Hydro, and Melvin of Siloam Springs, Ark.; three daughters, Mrs. Volney Moore Jr., El Reno, Mrs. Lucdile Millwee, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Melvin Rorie of Binger; ten grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. |