Irma Gertrude Smith

Funeral Services for Irma Gertrude Joiner Smith, 85, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00PM Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Dr. Jim Wolfe officiating. Interment will follow in the Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe. Visitation will be held from 1:00PM until service time on Tuesday.
 
Gertrude Smith was born on July 16, 1929 in Monroe, LA and passed away on July 20, 2014 at her residence in West Monroe, LA. She taught school for over 20 years, mostly at Jefferson Jr. High in Monroe. She was a member of Ridge Avenue Baptist Church where she especially enjoyed her Fellowship Sunday School class. Mrs. Smith is preceded in death by her husband of nearly 64 years, Joseph Carl Smith; brothers, James W. Joiner and Elmer S. Joiner; and sister, Bernice Bradford.
 
She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Rutherford and husband Gary of Virginia; grandson, Ryan Carl Rutherford of Virginia; granddaughter, Robyn Nicole Rutherford of West Virginia; great-grandsons, Adam Cason and wife Stephanie of Oklahoma, Zachery Ray of Florida, Hunter Jordan Rutherford of Virginia, and Tristan Philip Alkire of West Virginia; great-great granddaughter, Ava Cason; brother, Charles J. Joiner of California; and numerous nieces and nephews.
 
Pallbearers will be Gary Rutherford, Ryan Rutherford, Hunter Rutherford, Tommy Lawson, Randy Manning, and Larkin Mulhearn. The Fellowship Sunday School Class at Ridge Avenue will serve as Honorary Pallbearers.
 
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Funeral Services
2:00PM Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home

Interment
Hasley Cemetery
West Monroe, LA

Visitation
1:00PM until service time
Tuesday, July 22, 2014