Joan Smith Broussard

Memorial services for Joan Smith Broussard, 73, of Gallatin, will be held at a time to be determined later, under the direction of Autry Funeral Home.

Mrs. Broussard died Sunday, April 1, 2007, in Jacksonville. She was born May 15, 1933, in Gallatin. She was a loan officer for a Houston bank and she attended Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Broussard; and her daughter, Jo Broussard Crouch.

Survivors include her daughter, Carol Broussard of Houston; her friend Johnny Bufford; her sister, Elsie Bolton; her sister-in-law, Betty J. Broussard; her two granddaughters; Rose Osborn and Joanna Crouch; her four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Johnny’s children and many wonderful friends will miss her dearly.

Joan Smith Broussard is the great-granddaughter of Jackson Smith, the man who donated the land for the town of Jacksonville, after whom the town is named.
 

April 4, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress