Obituary - Martha Marie (Smith) Gilbert
Batesville Guard
February 13, 1974
Mrs. Martha Gilbert
Mrs. Martha Marie Smith Gilbert, age 67, of Arkadelphia, died Monday
afternoon in a Hot Springs hospital. Born at Hutchinson Mountain, she was a
housewife, and a member of the Church of Christ there.
She is survived by three sons, Thomas and Zack Lambert and Lester Gilbert, all
of Arkadelphia; four daughters, Mrs. Edna Murrell, Mrs. Annie Witherspoon, Miss
Barbara Jean Gilbert, and Miss Aline Gilbert, all of Arkadelphia; two brothers,
Thomas Smith of Hutchinson Mountain and Amos Smith of Myrtle Creek, Oregon; one
sister, Mrs. Sarah Auton of Sheridan; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were this afternoon at the Hutchinson Mountain Church of Christ
with Bill Richardson officiating. Burial was in the Palestine Cemetery with
Crouch Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers were James Wesley Murrell, Tommy Dill, Robert Lambert, Jackie
Lambert, Peter Witherspoon, and Gary Wesley Smith.