Fourth Generation

44. Clifton (Punk) SMITH was born on Sep 24, 1914. He died in Mar 1980 in Livingston Parish, LA.⁸³

Clifton (Punk) SMITH and Beulah (Ma Boots) ARNOLD were married. Beulah (Ma Boots) ARNOLD was born about 1918 in Livingston Parish, LA. She died on Mar 15, 2004 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.


Obituary, The Advocate, Mar. 16, 2004


SMITH, BEULAH AGNES ARNOLD "MA BOOTS"

A homemaker and lifelong resident of Walker, she died at 3:05 a.m. Monday, March 15, 2004, at Flannery Oaks Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. She was 86 and a native of Denham Springs. Visitation was at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Visitation at the funeral home chapel from 9 a.m. until religious service at 1 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Freddie Arnold. Burial in Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Peggy and Jerry Benton and Carol Lejeune; a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Shirley Smith; a sister, Lillian Hebert of Plaquemine; five grandchildren and their spouses, Jay and Debbie Smith, Mark and Tina Benton, Jodi Benton, Todd and Jovita Lejeune and Joelle Lejeune; four great-grandchildren, Stephanie Smith, Peyton Lejeune, Reyna Lejeune and Dakota Lejeune; three stepgrandchildren, Tisha White, Angel Perkins and Nickie Derveloy. She was preceded in death by her husband, C.E. "Punk" Smith; parents, James Fred and Alice Lula Shaffett Arnold; grandson, Joe Lejeune; three sisters, Daisy Murphy, Eula Peyton and Wilma Cronan; and four brothers, Jimmy, Ameal, Louis and H.J. Arnold. Pallbearers will be John Cronan, Larry Cronan, Mark Benton, Joseph Cronan, J.E. Arnold and Ray Arnold. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Maurice Nassar, Donald Arnold and Lloyd Hebert. He was a member of Eden Baptist Church. Family wishes to extend special thanks to Dr. Maurice Nassar for his many years of patience and kindness and to the staffs of Ollie Steele Burden Manor and Flannery Oaks Guest House.

She was buried on Mar 16, 2004 in Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery, Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, LA. Clifton (Punk) SMITH and Beulah (Ma Boots) ARNOLD had the following children:

102	i.	Jerry SMITH.
103	ii.	Carol Faye (Puddin) SMITH.