A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=615 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=57650 Submitted by: watersb Article Title: Pike Press Article Date: June 4 2008 Article Description: Obituary of Smith, Jerry Brooks Article Text: Jerry Brooks Smith, 68, of Pleasant Hill, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 5th at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, Mo. The Rev. Don Hannell will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 4th at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill. He died Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. He was born July 31, 1939 at Pleasant Hill, to Winifred D. and Evelyn Marie Capps Smith. He married Pansy Drummonds June 6, 1959 at Dallas, Texas. He is survived by one son, Michael Smith and wife, Erica of Chapin; two daughters, Mrs. Debbie Weinholtz and husband, Brad of Mission Viejo, Calif. and Ms. Pam Smith of Pleasant Hill; six grandchildren, Patrick Smith, Deseree Smith, Kyle Smith and Brook Smith,, all of Pleasant Hill, Ian Weinholtz and Lindsey Weinholtz, both of Mission Viejo; one brother, Allen (Al) Smith and wife, Gayle of Louisiana; cousins, niece, nephews and uncles. He was preceded in death by his father, Winifred D. Smith who died Nov. 6, 1983 and his mother, Evelyn Smith who died Jan. 10, 2002 and also by his grandparents. He had been employed at Holcim Cement Company at Clarksville, Mo. until his retirement in 2001. He had also farmed in the Pleasant Hill area all of his life. Honorary pallbearers are George Webster and John Edwards. Active Pallbearers are Bill Graham, Richard Brummell, Donnie Shireman, Gary Capps, Kenny Davis and Gerald LaRue. Memorials may be given to; The Nagourney Institute, 750 E. 29th Street, Long Beach, CA. 90806 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com