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Josephine Brake Smith Wilson

Josephine Wilson Obituary

Josephine Brake Smith Wilson -TERRYTOWN, LA - Josephine Brake Smith Wilson passed away at Canon Hospice, Jefferson, LA on July 19, 2008. -Beloved wife of the late Ross A. Smith by first marriage and the late Claude Wilson by second marriage. Loving mother of Marsha Smith Fisher and the late Brenda Smith Kolb, Nona Smith Sparks and Thana "Candy" Smith Gysel. Daughter of the late Henry T. Brake and Bessie Milloway Brake. Sister of Elsie B. Kitchens, Katherine B. Woodard, William Brake and the late H.T. Brake, Durwood Brake, Bettie B. Mason and Mary B. Dickson. Also survived by many other loving relatives, friends and her beloved pet, Snowball. -Mrs. Wilson, age 85 years, was a native of Macon, GA, a former resident of Charleston, S.C. and a resident of Terrytown, LA for the past ten years. -Funeral Services were held on July 22, 2008 at Belle Chasse United Methodist Church; interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA. -Arrangements handled by WESTSIDE/LEITZ-EAGAN FUNERAL HOME, 5101 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, LA. -Please call 504-341-9421 for information.

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Published by The Telegraph on Aug. 10, 2008.

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Doyce & Faye Knight

August 11, 2008

How much I Loved Aunt Josie words cannot describe. We will miss her and her smile. She had a way of making you feel special. The angels in Heaven are rejoicing and so should we, that she is now home with her Father in Heaven.

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