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

Carrie Bell Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith

Edward Johnson Ashby, Sr,
Lula May Smith Ashby,
& Carrie Bell Ashby

Carrie Bell Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith, born October 28, 1920, at Echols; married October 8, 1938, Vernon Williams.  They are the parents of several children who are married and have children.  In 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Williams lived on Route 1, Beaver Dam, Kentucky. 

Mae Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith

Mae Ashby

Mae Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith, born November 2, 1915, at Echols; married Lenwood Brown; married (2^nd) Garland Hamrick on June 1, 1951; married (3^rd) Dudley B. Lutz in 1960. 

Mr. Lutz was born April 9, 1890, in Madisonville, Kentucky.  In his professional life, he had been a school teacher, a supervisor of instruction, and a high School principal.  At the time of his death October 11, 1965, he was retired and lived in Taylor, Michigan.  

After his death, Mae Ashby Lutz continued to teach in the Taylor School System.

Edward Johnson Ashby, Jr
& Mae Ashby

Edward Johnson Ashby, Jr., son of Lula May Smith

Edward Johnson Ashby, Jr

Edward Johnson Ashby, Jr., son of Lula May Smith, born September 8, 1913, at Echols; married Bernice Matelis on February 19, 1944; lives in or near Chicago. 

Jesse Baker Ashby, son of Lula May Smith

Jesse Baker Ashby

Jesse Baker Ashby, son of Lula May Smith, born July 29, 1910, at Echols; died December 7, 1935. 

Agnes Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith

Mary Ashby (left) & Agnes Ashby (right), 

daughters of Lula Mae Smith and Edward Ashby,

 with “Grandfather” Elias William Smith

Picture taken between 1910 - 1915

Agnes Ashby, daughter of Lula May Smith, born February 5, 1908, at Echols.  On July 25, 1925, married Melford Ashby; married (2^nd) Chuck Vredenburg; married (3^rd) Hugh Smith.

Sam Elias Ashby, son of Lula May Smith

Sam Elias Ashby, son of Lula May Smith, born May 13, 1906, at Echols; married Betty Wiley and they are the parents of at least two children: a son who saw military service in Vietnam and a daughter, Lois Jean Ashby.  In 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ashby lived in Indiana.