Minnie Adelle Smith
1887 - 1971 (83 years)1. Minnie Adelle Smith was born 1 Nov 1887, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of John Wesley Smith and Martha Frances Holley); died 19 Mar 1971, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Mar 1971, Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
MINDEN - Mrs. Minnie Adell Roberson, 83, died Friday morning at a local nursing home after a lengthy illness.
She was a lifelong resident of Cotton Valley and a member of the Cotton Valley First Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Cotton Valley First Baptist Church. The Rev. U. H. Hunter and the Rev. Robert E. Carter will officiate. Burial will be in the Cotton Valley Cemetery under the direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Emma Koy of Cotton Valley and one sister, Mrs. Nina Rigdon of Cotton Valley.
(Published in The Shreveport Journal on March 20, 1971)Minnie — James Washington Baker. James was born 9 Jan 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA; died 5 Jun 1938, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
Minnie — Hiram Benjamin Roberson, Jr.. Hiram was born 23 Jul 1883, Alabama, USA; died 12 May 1964, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 13 May 1964, Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
2. John Wesley Smith was born 25 Apr 1832, Bibb County, Georgia, USA; died 28 Nov 1921, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
Civil War Veteran
Dies in 90th Year
John W. Smith, one of the oldest citizens of the parish and a veteran of the Civil War, of which he was a courageous Confederate soldier for four years, died on November 28. For many years he has been a resident of Cotton Valley where he was held in high esteem by the citizens. He was born near Macon, Georgia in February 1832, but at the early age of 13, migrated to Louisiana in 1845. Later he settled at Cotton Valley where he died on last Monday. He is survived by a devoted wife, and four children who are heart broken over their loss.
(Published in The Webster Signal on December 8, 1921)John — Martha Frances Holley. Martha (daughter of Nathan Holley and Martha E.) was born 25 Aug 1860, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Jul 1942, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Martha Frances Holley was born 25 Aug 1860, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Nathan Holley and Martha E.); died 27 Jul 1942, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. Children:
- 1. Minnie Adelle Smith was born 1 Nov 1887, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Mar 1971, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Mar 1971, Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA.
- Nina Belle Smith was born 26 Feb 1903, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Jul 1985, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA.
Generation: 3
6. Nathan Holley was born 1824, Alabama, USA (son of Thomas L. Holley and Elizabeth Bryan); died 28 Nov 1876, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Nathan married Martha E. abt. 1846. Martha was born abt. 1830, Georgia, USA; died bef. 1867, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
7. Martha E. was born abt. 1830, Georgia, USA; died bef. 1867, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Children:
- Mary Holley was born abt. 1847, Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA.
- William Henry Harrison Holley was born Dec 1849, Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA; died bet. 1907-1909, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA.
- George Holley was born abt. 1852, Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA.
- Charles Holley was born abt. 1854, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA.
- Francis Holley was born abt. 1856, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA.
- Alwilda Keturah Holley was born 23 Jul 1859, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Oct 1908, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 18 Oct 1908, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA.
- 3. Martha Frances Holley was born 25 Aug 1860, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Jul 1942, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA.
- Lamantha Caroline Holley was born Oct 1863, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 May 1935, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 May 1935, Lay Cemetery - Benton, Louisiana, USA.
Generation: 4
12. Thomas L. Holley was born 1790, South Carolina, USA; died 11 May 1844, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA. Thomas married Elizabeth Bryan 1813, Tennessee, USA. Elizabeth was born abt. 1790, South Carolina, USA; died 1851, Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]
13. Elizabeth Bryan was born abt. 1790, South Carolina, USA; died 1851, Smackover Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas, USA. Children:
- 6. Nathan Holley was born 1824, Alabama, USA; died 28 Nov 1876, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA.