John was a family man, the love of his life was Maggie Mae Bell Smith, they married in 1905 and had twelve children. She passed away when she was 50 years old.
He was really close to all of his children James, Carrie, Marshall, John, Magnolia, Susie, Gladys, Elizabeth Ruth, Virgil, Charlie, Anna Laura and Robert Lee.
He adored his grandchildren and visited them every day he was able to. Bud was what his friends called him, was very out going and he never remarried and he was very popular with the ladies. The two other pictures are of his children, they all preceded him excluding Virgil. He is my grandfather, my mothers daddy. My mother adored her father, she idolized him being he had to be mother and father to all his small children after my grandmother died. He passed away at the home of son Marshall Smith.
I was born two years after my grandpa passed away, but my mother and father did a good job of keeping his memory alive. It was as if I grew up with my grandpa, my mother always talked about him telling us stories about Pa as she affectionally called him.
John was a family man, the love of his life was Maggie Mae Bell Smith, they married in 1905 and had twelve children. She passed away when she was 50 years old.
He was really close to all of his children James, Carrie, Marshall, John, Magnolia, Susie, Gladys, Elizabeth Ruth, Virgil, Charlie, Anna Laura and Robert Lee.
He adored his grandchildren and visited them every day he was able to. Bud was what his friends called him, was very out going and he never remarried and he was very popular with the ladies. The two other pictures are of his children, they all preceded him excluding Virgil. He is my grandfather, my mothers daddy. My mother adored her father, she idolized him being he had to be mother and father to all his small children after my grandmother died. He passed away at the home of son Marshall Smith.
I was born two years after my grandpa passed away, but my mother and father did a good job of keeping his memory alive. It was as if I grew up with my grandpa, my mother always talked about him telling us stories about Pa as she affectionally called him.
Family Members
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James Roy Smith
1905–1997
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Carrie Lou Smith Folks
1906–1997
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Magnolia Ila Smith Paige
1908–1995
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Anna Laura Smith
1909–1911
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Marshall Lonnie Smith
1911–2000
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Francis Charles Smith
1912–1956
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John Wesley Smith
1914–1976
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Susie Mae Smith
1917–1979
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Robert Lee Smith
1920–1920
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Gladys Hodgson Smith Knighton
1923–1979
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Elizabeth Ruth Smith Floyd
1925–2001
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Virgil Edward Smith
1929–2009
