Funeral services for R. Nathan Smith were conducted at Cullowhee, NC yesterday, Wednesday, July 25th. The body of Smith was found in a hotel room in Norfolk, VA Sunday, together with a check made to his wife, Mrs. Ellen Higdon Smith of Cullowhee, for $3000. Among his effects were insurance policies totaling $10,000, according to the Associated Press dispatches from Norfolk.
Mr. Smith was a native of this county, and a son of the late Senator Lewis J. Smith. He has a large number of relatives, including his widow, three daughters, Frances, Nell and Jo Smith; four sisters, Mrs. Lee Hooper, Speedwell, Mrs. Nannie McGuire, Mrs. John Phillips, and Miss Ida Smith, all of Cullowhee, and one brother, Lewis J. Smith, of West Mills, Macon County.
Mr. Smith left this county several years ago, and engaged in the produce business in Florida. It is understood that he had recently opened a produce store in Greensboro, NC, and that it was in connection with this business that he was called to Norfolk, VA, and while there was taken to the Halifax Hospital, in that city for treatment; but had returned to his hotel there, when he was claimed by death.
Mr. Smith belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families in this county. His grandfather was the late Nathan Coward. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Knights Templar, which bodies, in his Florida home, requested that East LaPorte Lodge, conduct his funeral services.
(Jackson County Journal, Sylva, NC, Thursday, 26 July 1934)
Funeral services for R. Nathan Smith were conducted at Cullowhee, NC yesterday, Wednesday, July 25th. The body of Smith was found in a hotel room in Norfolk, VA Sunday, together with a check made to his wife, Mrs. Ellen Higdon Smith of Cullowhee, for $3000. Among his effects were insurance policies totaling $10,000, according to the Associated Press dispatches from Norfolk.
Mr. Smith was a native of this county, and a son of the late Senator Lewis J. Smith. He has a large number of relatives, including his widow, three daughters, Frances, Nell and Jo Smith; four sisters, Mrs. Lee Hooper, Speedwell, Mrs. Nannie McGuire, Mrs. John Phillips, and Miss Ida Smith, all of Cullowhee, and one brother, Lewis J. Smith, of West Mills, Macon County.
Mr. Smith left this county several years ago, and engaged in the produce business in Florida. It is understood that he had recently opened a produce store in Greensboro, NC, and that it was in connection with this business that he was called to Norfolk, VA, and while there was taken to the Halifax Hospital, in that city for treatment; but had returned to his hotel there, when he was claimed by death.
Mr. Smith belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families in this county. His grandfather was the late Nathan Coward. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Knights Templar, which bodies, in his Florida home, requested that East LaPorte Lodge, conduct his funeral services.
(Jackson County Journal, Sylva, NC, Thursday, 26 July 1934)
Family Members
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Florence Smith
1869–1885
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Lillie Smith
1870–1874
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Infant "Lilly" Smith
1870–1872
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Lena Rebecca Smith Wallace
1871–1931
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Ida Jane Smith
1873–1958
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Beulah Smith
1875–1893
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Nellie Smith Hooper
1877–1936
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Nannie Smith McGuire
1880–1966
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Lewis Jesse Smith Jr
1882–1953
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Clara Bertha "Bertie" Smith Phillips
1884–1965
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Blanche Smith
1886–1898
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Jacob C "Jake" Smith
1889–1912
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