SHREVEPORT, La. — The Caddo Parish Coroner’s office usually deals with people and families at what is possibly the most tragic and traumatic time in their lives, when a loved one passes away from illness, violence or the passage of time.
“We try to do our work with sensitivity and reverence for the person or persons who have made the transition from our world to the next,” public information officer John Andrew Prime said in a news release from Coroner Todd Thoma’s office. “But at singular moments, we are reminded of the indelible mark people leave when they pass.”
That happened earlier this month when Mable Caplis Smith, possibly the oldest citizen of Caddo Parish, passed away at the age of 111…