> ---------- > From: Roger Smith[SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {not a subscriber} Obituary for Merlin L. Smith > > Posted on: Crawford Co. Il Obituaries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/CrawfordObits/10129 > > Surname: Smith, Rhoades > ------------------------- > > Robinson Daily News, Robinson, IL, 21 Feb 1989 > Robinson Library, Robinson, IL > > Obituary for Merlin Smith > > Merlin Lee Smith, 67, Hutsonville, died about 7:30 a.m. today at his residence > following an extended illness. > > Born in Porterville June 24, 1921, he was a son of Orren Henry and Laura > Elizabeth Rhoades Smith. He was a retired carpenter; veteran of World War > II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps; member of First Christian Church > of Hutsonville; Pittman-Laughery Post #472 American Legion; and the Hutson > Historical Society. > > In 1940 he married Helen Gene Tyhurst and she survives. Also surviving > are three sons and daughters-in-laws, Robert and Linda Smith, rural Robinson, > Roger and Marsha Smith, Bryan, Texas, and Harry and Carol Smith, West York; > a daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Ray Carlson, St. Charles, Mo.; a brother > Harold Smith, Robinson; a sister, Ethel Leggit, Oblong; seven grandchildren; > and several nieces and nephews. > > Preceding him in death were three brothers, John Smith, Frank Smith, and > Herbert Smith; and a sister, Cora Lionberger. > > Funeral arrangements are pending at Pulliam Funeral Home in Robinson. > >