Smail - Melissa Martin
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, August 24, 1976
COVINGTON – Mrs. Melissa Henson Smail, 87, of Covington, died Monday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Covington. Born July 16, 1887, she was a daughter of Wilson and Mary E. Martin. She first married Roswell G. Henson in 1906. He preceded her in death. She then married W. S. Smail in 1956. He died Oct. 30, 1973. Surviving are three sons, Edmon M. and Robert P. Henson of St. Clair Shores, Mich., and Richard J. Henson of Rochester, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary L. Bell of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Helen L. Koerber of Detroit, Mich.; five stepchildren, Gene and William Smail of Covington, Mrs. Don Coffman of Ladoga, Mrs. Paul Krontz of Kankakee, Ill., and Mrs. Byron Furr; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Keller of Arizona; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Burkhart Funeral Home at Crawfordsville. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery at Covington. Friends may call at the funeral home. --–jlr