- James B. Smith
Mr. James B. Smith was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 2, 1913; he was educated in Crowley at St. Michael's School and Crowley High School, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1934.
He served with the United States Army in WWII with the Army Signal Corps in Iran and North Africa.
In his professional life, he was a longstanding member of the Louisiana Engineering Society and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. Smith maintained an Assistant Professorship of Engineering at Louisiana State University at Alexandria for fourteen years. He remained a private consulting engineer until retirement.
Affectionately known by friends and family as "Smitty," he was for decades an active member of the Alexandria Golf and Country Club.
Mr. Smith passed away with family at his side on March 23, 2011, ten days shy of his 98th birthday.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Leonora LeSage Smith of Alexandria; by his parents, Mayor and Mrs. Clifton Ashton Smith of Crowley; by his sisters Annie Kate Egan of Crowley and Vera McCann of Baton Rouge; by his brothers Donald A. Smith of New Orleans, John Ashton Smith of Vallejo, California and Reginald Smith of Longview, Texas.
Survivors include his loving family: daughters Mona Anne Smith Kraushaar of Baton Rouge and Mary Margaret Smith Bernstein of Lighthouse Point, Florida; sister Rita Smith Heard of Anahuack, Texas; grandchildren Catesby Elizabeth Bernstein and Michael Bayne Bernstein of Lighthouse Point; Leven Luckett Kraushaar of San Francisco and Christopher Kraushaar of Baton Rouge, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral Mass for the family was conducted by Pastor Daniel O'Connor at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church on Saturday March 26th, 2011. Burial was at the Colfax Cemetery.
Pallbearers included Michael Bernstein, Catesby Bernstein, Bruce Bernstein, nephew Michael McCann, Matthew P. Hintz, Joe Mertens, and Honore Cheney.
Published in The Town Talk on March 31, 2011
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1913 - 2011 (97 years)
