"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, thee ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye kinow." John 14:1-4.
Sister Annie Rose Smith, age 78, a resident of Bogalusa and the beloved daughter of the late Lucille Peters and Henry "Buddy" Husband, was born on November 5, 1936, and departed ths life on November 22, 2014, in the St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington.
She leaves to mourn a devoted loving daughter, Teresa Peters of Arlington, TX; a special niece-daughter she helped raise as her own, Monique (Lawrence) Morris of Bogalusa; four grandchildren, Calv in "CJ" Gavion Jr. and Kionne Gavion of New Orleans, Elvery Peters and Alyssa Peters of Arlington, TX; a son-in-law, Calvin Gavion Sr. of New Orleans; four sisters, Barbara Williams, Shirley Peters, Janice (Joe) Pigott and Rose Rayford of Bogalusa; one sister-in-law, Betty Smith Williams of New Orleans; two brothers-in-law, Percy Smith of Tucson, AZ and Edward Smith of Aurora, TX; a host of nieces near and dear to her heart, Deloris (Eddie) Walker, Donha Allen, Denise Jordan, Odette (Edward) Doty, Wanda (Rick) McCullough, Chandra Rayford and Bridget ((Parvez)) Scott; a host of spec ialo nephews, Anthony Pigott, Henry "Man" Rayford and Christopher Williams; three special friends, Wilkie Bell and Joyce Hutchinson of Bogalusa and John Quinn of Baton "Rouge; and a host of great-nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Husband and Lucille Peters; her late husband Linzey Ray Smith; a daughter Gwendolyn Gavion; a brother, Albert Peters; a sister Doris Peters; and uncle, Clarence Peters; and two nieces, Valerie Peters-Haynes and Tammy Williams-Miller.
Visitation, Tuesday, November 25th from 2 - 6 pm, with Family Hour from 6 - 7pm in the Chapel
Final viewing, Wednesday, November 26, 2014 from 10 - 11am with funeral service at 11:00am at Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Raymond Mims, officiating. Interments, Bogalusa Cemetery.