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march 1983 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- perry joe smith , sr. -lrb- deceased -rrb- 21 september 1917 winnfield , louisiana 1964 150px ashton b. collier -lrb- smith and his family operated in winnfield a successful automobile 1 dealership , a drive-in theater , a motel , a -rrb- restaurant , a dress shop , a beauty shop , at and a discount store outlet . various times , p. k. 1960 marjorie m. smith replace this image male.svg perry k. smith businessman ashton b. collier winnfield , winn parish , louisiana , usa democratic louisiana state representative from winn parish baptist p. k. smith

p. k. smith

perry k. smith , known as p. k. smith -lrb- september 21 , 1917 -- march 1983 -rrb- , was a businessman from winnfield , louisiana , who served a single term in the louisiana house of representatives from 1960 to 1964 during the administration of governor jimmie davis .
in 1974 , smith and his sons , kenneth michael `` mike '' smith and perry joe smith , sr. -lrb- 1943 -- 2009 -rrb- , launched p. k. smith motors , which serves winnfield and jonesboro as the general motors dealer .
it was also the chrysler outlet until the company pulled out of winnfield in 2009 .
mike smith co-owned p. k. smith motors with his brother .
in 1995 , mike smith was elected to the first of three four-year terms to the louisiana state senate .
perry joe smith was a former member of the winn parish police jury and operated several areas businesses .
the smith family over the years was also involved in other businesses in winnfield , including a motel , restaurant , drive-in theater , dress shop , beauty shop , and an outlet of the former gibson discount company .
smith 's wife , the former marjorie mclamore -lrb- march 27 , 1923 -- april 30 , 1997 -rrb- , began the beauty shop from their home .
smith ran unsuccessfully in the 1940s for winn parish assessor .
a brother , hardy `` junior '' smith , ran unsuccessfully for sheriff .
one of smith 's sisters , ruby smith long -lrb- 1906 -- 1984 -rrb- of natchitoches , was the mother of gerald long , a republican who was elected to succeed mike smith in the state senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on october 20 , 2007 .
mike smith is therefore an extended member of the long political family , originally based in winnfield .
