Obituary for Elwaine Smith
Graveside service for Elwaine Rudolph Smith, 91, of Clayton, LA will be held at Old Pine Hill Cemetery on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 2PM with Bro. Denny Braswell officiating, under the direction of Young's Funeral Home.
Elwaine was born Saturday, March 16, 1929 in Columbia, MS. and passed away Tuesday, March 09, 2021 in Ferriday, LA. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Elwaine was a jack of all trades and mastered all. Story telling was another thing he mastered; he loved telling stories about his childhood and things he built. He loved music, playing guitars and the fiddles. Elwaine could make anyone smile and had an amazing sense of humor. He was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, friend, and so much more, and will be missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
He was preceded in death by his wife Marie Wactor Smith; parents, Edwin Oscar Smith and Vera Cooper Smith; two brothers, Ellis Odell Smith and Donald Newton Smith; five sisters, Edna Earl McDuff, Beatrice Wooten, Dorothy Hamilton, Lorell Loomis, and Murlyn McGregor.
Elwaine leaves behind two sons, Elwaine Smith, Jr. of Downsville, LA and Edwin Bryan Smith & his wife Debbie of Jacksonville, LA; three daughters, Cheryl Henderson & her husband David of Winnsboro, LA, Deborah Platt & her husband Steven of Jacksonville, FL, and Tammie Wright of Clayton, LA; brother, Richard Smith of Monterey, LA; two sisters, Marie Thornton & her husband John of Franklinton, LA and Barbara Nell Scabrock & her husband Don of West Monroe, LA; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Andy Anders, Jeffery Hollis, Bryan Quimby, George Phillips, Jerry Sharp, and Mike McJohnson.
Honorary pallbearers are Donnie Ater, Tom Bell, Toby McIntosh, and Chris Mills.
The family will receive friends at his residence on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6PM until 8PM. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngsfh.com.
Elwaine was born Saturday, March 16, 1929 in Columbia, MS. and passed away Tuesday, March 09, 2021 in Ferriday, LA. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Elwaine was a jack of all trades and mastered all. Story telling was another thing he mastered; he loved telling stories about his childhood and things he built. He loved music, playing guitars and the fiddles. Elwaine could make anyone smile and had an amazing sense of humor. He was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, friend, and so much more, and will be missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
He was preceded in death by his wife Marie Wactor Smith; parents, Edwin Oscar Smith and Vera Cooper Smith; two brothers, Ellis Odell Smith and Donald Newton Smith; five sisters, Edna Earl McDuff, Beatrice Wooten, Dorothy Hamilton, Lorell Loomis, and Murlyn McGregor.
Elwaine leaves behind two sons, Elwaine Smith, Jr. of Downsville, LA and Edwin Bryan Smith & his wife Debbie of Jacksonville, LA; three daughters, Cheryl Henderson & her husband David of Winnsboro, LA, Deborah Platt & her husband Steven of Jacksonville, FL, and Tammie Wright of Clayton, LA; brother, Richard Smith of Monterey, LA; two sisters, Marie Thornton & her husband John of Franklinton, LA and Barbara Nell Scabrock & her husband Don of West Monroe, LA; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Andy Anders, Jeffery Hollis, Bryan Quimby, George Phillips, Jerry Sharp, and Mike McJohnson.
Honorary pallbearers are Donnie Ater, Tom Bell, Toby McIntosh, and Chris Mills.
The family will receive friends at his residence on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6PM until 8PM. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngsfh.com.