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SHREVEPORT, LA - Services for Gladys Elizabeth Smith Pugh will be held at 2:00p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 1998 in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport with Dr. Jon Stubblefield, pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent Avenue. The family will receive friends between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 28, 1998 at the Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall Street.

Mrs. Gladys Smith Pugh, a nurse, a devoted wife and christian helpmate to Dr. N.O. Pugh, Sr., loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and longtime resident of Shreveport died Saturday, December 26, 1998 at the Grace Home after a lengthy illness. The couple had just celebrated their 59th Anniversary on November 23, 1998. Mrs. Pugh was born August 6, 1911 in a small town near York, Alabama. After graduation from high school, she entered the Highland School of Nursing and became a registered nurse. She was working as an industrial nurse at a cannery on Kings Highway when she met N.O. Pugh. They were married and established residence in Shreveport where they raised three children and she assisted in his christian ministry at Levy Street Baptist Mission, Robinson Place Baptist Mission and First Baptist Church of Shreveport.

She is survived by her husband, Rev. N.O. Pugh, Sr.; Dr. Newell Pugh, Jr., and wife Marie of Indianapolis, IN, daughter, Dr. Viola Miller and husband Rusty of Murray, KY; daughter, Beth Fife and husband Lester of Shreveport, LA; seven grandchildren, Becky Iovino and husband Tony, Cindy Pugh, Sarah Pugh, Ashley Willis, Trey Miller, Stephen Fife and wife Marny, Grace Fife; two great-grandchildren, Joseph and Anthony Iovino; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons, Stephen Fife, and Trey Miller; sons-in-laws, Lester Fife, Rusty Miller; nephew, Jerry Smith; and great-nephew; Eddie Hoyle.

The family wishes to thank the staff and volunteers at Grace Home and Schumpert Hospice Care for their care and attention to Mrs. Pugh and her family.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Shreveport or to Grace Home.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Marshall St. Chapel 222-0348

(Published in The Shreveport Times on December 28, 1998)

Gladys married Newell Osteen Pugh, Sr. 23 Nov 1939, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Newell (son of Stephen Bannerman Pugh, Sr. and Grace Elizabeth Houston) was born 1 Sep 1916, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 25 Mar 2009, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 28 Mar 2009, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. N.O. Pugh, Jr.
2. V.G. Pugh
3. G.E. Pugh