Smith

Published 12:00 am Monday, January 5, 2009

James Joseph Smith, 83 years old, died at his home in St. Rose on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Bernadine Morris Smith, three sons, Frederick, Byron and Charles Smith, two daughters, Annette Smith Fisher and Judith Smith Hamilton, 14 grandchildren, two brothers, Jessie and Harry Smith, three sisters, Maxine Smith Williams, Esther Smith Tumblin and Vera Smith Morton and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Visitation and services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Fifth African Baptist Church in St. Rose. Interment in St. Charles Borromeo of Destrehan.