SMITH, Jessie "Jack"
Source: Fountain
County Star Thursday, March 11, 1982
Jessie M.
“Jack” Smith of Newtown, age 79, died Wednesday morning, March 3, in St.
Elizabeth Hospital at Lafayette. He was born in Richland Township, Fountain
County, December 9, 1902, the son of Charles E. and Victoria Helms Smith.
December 21, 1935, he married Evelyn Campbell, who survives. A retired farmer,
he was a member of Union Christian Church and Newtown Masonic Lodge. He had
lived on RR 3, Veedersburg most of his life.
Also surviving
are a daughter, Janet Ramsey of Indianapolis; a sister, Lola Romine of
Covington; a brother, Oscar of the Lafayette Soldier’s Home; and three
grandchildren.
Funeral services
were held Friday afternoon at Maus Funeral Home in Attica with Rev. Benjamin
Swopes officiating. Burial was in Union Christian Cemetery. – thanks to S