Everett Andrew Smith, Jr., son of Everett Andrew Smith

Everett Andrew Smith, Jr., son of Everett Andrew Smith, born in 1911; died May 26, 1950, at age 39.  His obituary read as follows and is taken from an Alabama newspaper of Saturday, May 27, 1950:

"E. A. Smith, 39, president of the Smith Lumber Company at Red Bay, was killed in an (auto) accident near Florence Friday.

"He was a trustee of Athens College, chairman of the board of stewards of the Red Bay Methodist Church, and was active in civic affairs.

"He was educated at the Brandon-Hughes Military Academy in Tennessee and at the University of Alabama.

"Mr. Smith is survived by the widow, Mrs. Julia Smith; his mother, Mrs. E. A. Smith, Sr.; two daughters, Mary Lucille, 4, and Sandra, 12; a son E. A. Smith, III; a brother, William Ashby Smith, and a sister, Mary Nell Smith.  Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Red Bay Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Red Bay Cemetery." 

Everett Andrew Smith, son of Elias William Smith

Everett Andrew, Everett Andrew Jr,
Mary Nell, & Geneva Ashby Smith

Everett Andrew Smith, son of Elias William Smith, born January 4, 1882, in Ohio County, Kentucky; died August 15, 1928; married Geneva Ashby about 1905 or 1906.

Everett Smith went to Red Bay, Alabama, when he was a young man.  This writer does not know what prompted him to go there, but in 1927 he was considered a wealthy man and was called "the father of Red Bay."  He had numerous business interests, but the chief one was a lumber business he had established.  It was headquartered in Red Bay and had branch offices and mills in three or four other small towns in Alabama.

Cousins:   Martha Mary Smith, Everett Andrew Smith Jr., 

Pearl O. Smith, & Mary Nell Smith

Mrs. Smith survived her husband by a number of years.  She was an active Daughter of the American Revolution.  In her latter years, she was the victim of crippling arthritis.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith's children were:

Everett Andrew Smith, Jr.

Mary Nell Smith

William Ashby Smith