OBITUARY

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7472, 13 August 1920, Page 3

OBITUARY

Mrs Barbara Smyth

[ It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Mrs Barbara Smyth (mother of the Rev. J. W. Smyth, B. A.), "which occurred at the Manse at 6-30 o'clock!last evening. Deceased, who was eighty-three years of age, had enjoyed ex cellent health until about a week ago, when as the result of a chest trouble she was compelled to take to her bed and despite every care and attention passed away as above stated. The late Mrs Smyth was born and spent most of her life in County Tyrone, Ireland. Since the death of her husband, twelve years ago, she had resided with her son, the Rev J. W. Smyth, who was her only surviving child."She accompanied him to New Zealand five years .go, moving with her son to Tauranga in October last. The late Mrs Smyth is survived by a sister in Victoria, Australia, and a brother, the Rev. James Weir, B. A., an ex-Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. She looked upon the time she had spent in Tauranga as the pleasantest part of her sojourn in New Zealand. The funeral will take place at three o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.