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Nancy Smith

Posted 2025-09-01 by Jo Brown
Mrs. Smith, 83, Succumbs To Stroke Tuesday
Mrs. Nancy Smith, 83, of Okemah, died in a local hospital following a stroke last Tuesday. She
had been ill for sometime, but was up daily until the day she died. Mrs. Smith came to Arizona in
1924, from Louisiana to McNary, Ariz., and then to Phoenix, in 1933. She was a great church
organizer. Smith’s Chapel A.M.E. Church in Okemah was named for her. She is survived by her
husband, C. S. Smith; two daughters, Mrs, Gustavia Pinkney, Alamagorda, N.M„ and Mrs. Ocie
Mae Curry, who is living in Alaska. Two sons, John and Roosevelt of Las Vegas, Nev., and
Oakland, Calif, respectively; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services are pending the arrival of relatives. Ragsdale’s Mortuary is in charge.

Arizona Sun
August 1, 1952





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