Obituary of Bennett Smith

Bossier City-- Funeral services for Mr. Bennett Taylor Smith, Jr. will be held Monday at 2:00pm at Sterling Funeral Home in Anahuac, TX with visitation from noon ? 2:00 p.m with Chaplain Skip Noble officiating. Interment will follow at Anahuac Cemetery in Anahuac, TX. The family will receive friends at Louisiana Funeral and Cremation Care on Friday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m with service at 5:30pm. Mr. Smith is preceded in death by his children, Jacqueline Louise Smith, Boice Carson Smith, and Thomas Carswell Smith; parents, Bennett Taylor Smith, Sr. and Willie Morene Hulan, and sister, Carrie Maxine Baker. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of 54 years, Rowanda Lee McCullough Smith; son, Bennett Taylor Smith, III; grandchildren, Amy Leeannn Smith Ryan, Michelle Suzanne Smith Karstan, and Jeffery Dale Moulder; great-grandchildren, Travis Ryan Smith, Catheryn Karstan, Alissa Moulder, and Isabell Moulder; sister, Melva Linville, Ann Rothkamm, Jimmie Lea Storey; brother, Albert Wade Smith; numerous nieces, nephews and friends. He will also be truly missed by his ?Children?, Mr. Ragsdale (Rags) and Sassy. Pallbearers will be John Terry Parish, Thomas Randall Parish, Kenneth Cogburn, Kenneth Michael Rothkamm, Steven Edward Rothkamm, Judd Calvin Storey. Honorary pallbearers are LtCol. Christian Wendler, Dallas A. Burgess, Donald Spencer, and Jimmy Watts. The family offers special thanks to LSU Medical Center and VA Medical Center for their wonderful care. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to LSU Medical Center or Overton Brooks VA Medical Center.