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In Memoriam ,
In loving memory of my dear son, Charlie W. Smoot, who- departed this life 5 years ago, September 12, >956, Gone but not forgotten. Gone dear son, gone but love and memory still linger in my heart. But death has left a lonliness the whole world cannot fill. Every way I turn or go, I *ill miss you son. Nothing on earth will ever take, your place. God knows best; Hr took you home to rest.
His mother,
Mrs. Tom Smoot
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