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Lessie Louise Dempsey Smoak

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Birth	:	8 Feb 1918 Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	24 Oct 2008 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.3300800, -80.9400180
Description	:	Louise Dempsey Smoak, of Greenville and formerly of Bamberg, passed from this life October 24, 2008. Mrs. Smoak was a daughter of the late Pembrook Brunson Dempsey and the late Lessie Kittrell Dempsey. She graduated from Lodge High School, Lodge, SC. Mrs. Smoak was a very active member of Spring Branch Baptist Church, choir member, Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible School, Church Nursery helper, assisted in establishing the church library and reading club, avid gardener, wrote the Spring Branch Community Column for The Bamberg Herald newspaper. Mrs. Smoak was a very optimistic, spiritual lover of life and God's Earth. She... Read More	Louise Dempsey Smoak, of Greenville and formerly of Bamberg, passed from this life October 24, 2008. Mrs. Smoak was a daughter of the late Pembrook Brunson Dempsey and the late Lessie Kittrell Dempsey. She graduated from Lodge High School, Lodge, SC. Mrs. Smoak was a very active member of Spring Branch Baptist Church, choir member, Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible School, Church Nursery helper, assisted in establishing the church library and reading club, avid gardener, wrote the Spring Branch Community Column for The Bamberg Herald newspaper. Mrs. Smoak was a very optimistic, spiritual lover of life and God's Earth. She enjoyed many family trips to different parts of the country and wrote about them in newspaper columns. She dearly loved her family, home and her friends, with special thanks to Wilma Hines for many years of companionship. She was the widow of the late William Barney W.B. Smoak and survivors include two sons, W. Traverse Smoak and wife Gloria of Branchville, SC, Lewis T. Smoak and wife Betty of Greenville; two daughters, Tonjia Globewski of Greenville, Claudia Miller and husband Andy of Spartanburg; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one sister Jessie Mae Smith of Orangeburg; brothers, Dannie Dempsey, J.D. Dempsey and Marvin Dempsey, Jack and Mason Dempsey passed in early adulthood, all of Bamberg. Interment was in The Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Canaan Bridge Road, Cope, SC.

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Lessie Louise Dempsey Smoak's memorial is located at: Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Cope, Orangeburg County, USA.
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Lessie Louise Dempsey Smoak death on 24 Oct 2008 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 33.3300800
Longitude: -80.9400180

Family Members:

Parent

Pembrook Brunson Dempsey

(1886 - 1964)

Lessie Missouria Kittrell Dempsey

(1887 - 1975)

Spouse

William Barney Smoak

(1917 - 1988)

Siblings

John David “JD” Dempsey

(1911 - 1997)

Marvin Boone Dempsey

(1913 - 1985)

Mason Traverse Dempsey

(1919 - 1939)

Stonewall Jackson “Jack” Dempsey

(1921 - 1945)

Jessie Mae Dempsey Smith

(1923 - 1981)

Infant Son Dempsey

(1925 - 1925)

Children

Infant Daughter Smoak

(1949 - 1949)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3300800, -80.9400180

2. Emanuel AME Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3232994, -80.9297028

3. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery #2
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3258620, -80.9185770

4. Bethlehem Cemetery
Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3469009, -80.9169006

5. Myers Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3308970, -80.8926170

6. Edisto Baptist Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3755750, -80.9308020

7. Vallentine Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3822610, -80.9489930

8. Old Midway Cemetery
Bamberg, Bamberg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.2884410, -80.9822580

9. Old Midway Cemetery
Midway, Bamberg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.2883500, -80.9822667

10. Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery
Bamberg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.2860280, -80.9799900

11. Oakland Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3718987, -80.9847031

12. Felder-Zeigler Cemetery
Bamberg, Bamberg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3012820, -80.9988070

13. Islamic Center of Columbia Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3702220, -80.9994310

14. Midway Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3930970, -80.9527570

15. Gray Family Cemetery
Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3936160, -80.9529830

16. Macedonia AME Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3743300, -81.0036800

17. Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3809360, -80.9984120

18. Cope Baptist Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3757160, -81.0044670

19. Smoak Family Cemetery
Cordova, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3848790, -80.8841690

20. Calvary UM Church Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.4067780, -80.9523830

21. Peter Bowman Cemetery
Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3189011, -80.8458023

22. Jennings Family Cemetery
Cope, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.3629010, -81.0275390

23. Holy Temple COGIC Church Cemetery
Bamberg, Bamberg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.2817190, -81.0170630

24. Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Cordova, Orangeburg County, USA
Coordinate: 33.4101020, -80.9265900