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Submitted: 8/30/21 • Approved: 9/1/21 • Last Updated: 9/4/21 • R452786-G0-S3
Texas
CORPORAL 114 Infantry 36th Division
World War I
May 5, 1896-December 22, 1947
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Joseph L. Smith, 51, of 608 N. Hedgecoke Street will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the chapel of the Poston-Simpson funeral home with the Rev. William E. Wright of the First Christian church of Borger officiating.
Smith died at his home at approximately 5:30 p.m. yesterday. He had been suffering with a heart ailment for some time.
He is survived by two daughters, Lela Jo and Joyce Smith, both of Spur.
Interment will be in the Highland Park cemetery.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 23, 1947)
Contributed on 8/30/21
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