Ada Margaret Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith

Ada Margaret Smith

Ada Margaret Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith, born October 8, 1914; is tall and has dark brown hair and eyes.  In high school she was a star basketball player.  On February 23, 1939, she married Collie Ray Brown, in Madisonville, Kentucky.

Ada graduated from Marion High School; completed two years at Western State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky; received a B. S. degree from Murray State College in 1957, and an M.A. from Murray in 1961.  She taught school before her marriage and resumed studies and teaching some years later.

Ada Brown and Ann Collins are both dedicated teachers.  They have felt rewarded for their excellent work by the accomplishments of their students after they left school and took their places in society.  They have given many hundreds of hours of their own time to school affairs and to preparing for and attending school-related meetings and conferences.  In 1969, Ada was one of two persons chosen by the Classroom Teachers Association to represent it at the national conference of the National Educational Association (NEA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Ada was later president of the Crittenden County Classroom Teachers Association.

Ada Margaret Smith Brown, Teacher;

Pearl O. Smith, Dept. of Labor in Washington D.C.;

Anna Maybell Smith Collins, Teacher

She and Collie operated a restaurant-bar in Evansville, Indiana, from 1939 until (about) 1947.  Upon the death of Ada's father, Edgar Smith, she and Collie bought the "home place" in Kentucky.  A few years later they returned to live on the farm in Kentucky and her mother, Mrs. Ella Tilford Smith, made her home with them until her death at age 80, although she spent part of her time with her daughter Ann.

Much has been done by Collie Brown to improve and modernize the farm.  Their home is run on an "open house" basis the year round and a week seldom passes that they do not have visitors, either family of friends.  The summer months are filled with great harvesting activity on the part of both.  Ada cans, preserves, and freezes an abundance of fruits, vegetables, and meats.  More is given away than is consumed by the family.  Collie raises wheat, soy beans, and corn.  He has a herd of Angus cattle, some of which are sold for breeding purposes and others for beef.  He has his own beef and pork butchered.  Their only child is:

Collie Ray Brown, Jr.

Collie Ray Brown, Jr.; born November 16, 1948, in an Evansville, Indiana, hospital.  At age twelve, he became critically ill of diabetes, but with good medical care he now lives a normal life.  Collie Ray is a handsome, intelligent young man with sandy hair and brown eyes and he is very popular with the girls.  He has worked with his father on the farm since he was a small boy and has held numerous jobs during the summer and a few semesters when he was not in college.  He is a student at Murray State University and expects to graduate in 1973 and to become a teacher. 

William Holt Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith

William Holt “Billy” Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith, born December 22, 1951, near Marion, Kentucky.  "Billy" was given the middle name of his great-grandfather Holt, on his father's side of the family.  Billy graduated from Northwest High School near High Ridge, Missouri, in June 1969.  All through high school he played the trumpet in the high school band.  When he enrolled in Jefferson College, in Missouri, he continued to take trumpet lessons and to play in the College band.  He also studied voice and piano, along with related subjects in music.  At the end of two years in college, he began writing lyrics and music and turned out a number of compositions in rapid succession.  With a fellow student, he made several public appearances, accompanied by guitars they played themselves.  One tape recording was played for several months over the Marion, Kentucky, radio station.  It is hoped that Billy will continue his musical education.  

Billy is over six feet tall, has a well-developed physique as a result of weight-lifting exercises.  He has light blond hair and big, blue, mirth-filled eyes.  His smile is a teasing one.  He is a winsome lad.                                            

 William Holt Collins was married on February 24, 1973, to Rebecca Lynn Lutman in a candlelight ceremony at the Trinity Baptist Church in High Ridge, Missouri.  "Beckie" is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lutman and is a tall, attractive, dark-haired girl, who holds a responsible position. 

Gerald Lee Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith

Gerald Lee “Jerry” Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith, born September 24, 1944.  He, too, has blue eyes and medium brown hair.  He is probably six feet tall.  In 1964, he graduated from Bethel Junior College, at Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  He then became employed as a laboratory technician by the United Nuclear Company at Hemetite, Missouri.  The company was under government contract for the purification of uranium.  Some time later he resigned this position to enroll at Murray State University (recently made a university); where he received his degree in due time.  He has since been teaching at Morganfield, Kentucky, in the Union County School System.

On March 17, 1972, Jerry married Phyllis (Bolds) Moore (born January 14, 1949, at Uniontown, Kentucky), daughter of Norman E. and Marguerite (Clements) Bolds.  Phyllis has a son, Anthony Brent Moore (born March 31, 1969) by an earlier marriage. 

Anne Tilford Collins, daughter of Anna Maybell Smith

Anne Tilford Collins, daughter of Anna Maybell Smith, born July 8, 1942, is of average height and has large blue eyes and light brown hair.  She graduated from Crittenden County High School at mid-term of 1960.  On January 30, 1960, in Dycusburg Methodist Church, she married Jerry Arnold Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Henry.  Jerry was a 1957 graduate of the same high school and is employed by the United States Steel Company at Gary, Indiana.  Anne worked for a short time after their marriage but did not find it a rewarding experience.  During the time that Jerry was in military service at Ft. Benning, Georgia, they lived at Columbus, Georgia.  They have since built a house, and now live, in Merrellville, Indiana. They have these children:

Mark Arnold Henry, born December 25, 1962, at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

David Alan Henry, born July 29, 1965, at Gary, Indiana 

Wallace Torian Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith

Wallace Torian (Tony) Collins, son of Anna Maybell Smith, born May 6, 1940.  On April 21, 1961, Tony married Patricia Kay Orr (born November 6, 1941), daughter of Leman and Dadie Marie (Guess) Orr.  The Rev. Shelby R. Beaty officiated, at Marion Baptist Church.

"Patty" Kay has dark hair and eyes, a fair complexion and diminutive figure.  She inherited some of the beauty that belongs to her mother's side of the family.  Tony has blue eyes and sandy hair.  Both Pat and Tony completed one year at Murray State College, Murray, Kentucky.  She worked for a time at Moore Business Forms in Marion.  Tony works for Whirlpool in Evansville, Indiana, and drives to and from work each day.  They live near Marion, Kentucky.  Tony fishes and hunts at every opportunity.  He and Pat have recently joined a group that has become interested in the revival of the square dance, and they are finding this entertainment both stimulating and enjoyable.  They are the parents to two children:

           

Stuart Anthony Collins, born December 20, 1963, at Salem Hospital, Salem, Kentucky

Shannon Gail Collins, born December 1, 1966 

Anna Maybell Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith

Anna Maybell Smith 

Anna Maybell Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith, born December 8, 1911, had a twin brother who lived only a few days.  They were 7-month twins and were born at home.

Ann graduated from Marion High School, from Western State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and received an M. A. from Murray State College in 1961.  She taught school or was in the Kentucky school system for thirty years (was in Henderson, Kentucky, system in 1953-  54).  From 1957 to 1963 she was Supervisor of Instruction in Crittenden County, the first person to fill that position.  In 1963 she "retired" and went to High Ridge, Missouri (near St. Louis), to join her husband, whose work with Chrysler Corporation had taken him from Evansville, Indiana, to St. Louis a few years earlier.  They continue to be frequent visitors to Kentucky.  

Anna Maybell Smith Collins

Ann is of medium height and has light brown hair and blue eyes.  She has a fine sense of humor and a great fondness for literature.  On August 5, 1939, she was married to Torian Collins (born December 12, 1912), of Sturgis, Kentucky, by the Reverend Jones Smith, in Henderson.  In recent years Torian has been hospitalized several times for surgery and, more recently, because of a severe attack of emphysema.  Ann and Torian are the parents of:

Wallace Torian "Tony" Collins

Anne Tilford Collins

Gerald Lee “Jerry” Collins

William Holt “Billy” Collins

Pearl Omigee Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith

Pearl O. Smith (left)

Pearl Omigee Smith, daughter of William Edgar Smith, born September 26, 1908; did not marry.  She is tall, slender with light brown hair and blue eyes.  Her favorite sports activities have been swimming and horseback riding.  Although without musical education, she is fond of music; enjoys collecting antiques.  Her main hobbies are photography and genealogical research.  She graduated from Marion High School, Marion, Kentucky; from Lockyears Business College, Evansville, Indiana; and attended George Washington University in Washington, D. C.  While vacationing with a friend in Washington in 1936, she took a job on a trial basis.  When the vacation ended, she sent her resignation to the Evansville employer and remained in the Nation's capital.  She entered employment of the U. S. Government in October 1938 and is now executive secretary and administrative assistant to the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.  She has served in that capacity to seven Directors of the FMCS.  Some of her superiors have been Dr. John R. Steelman, Cyrus S. Ching, and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.  She has been honored by invitations to White House receptions during the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower Administrations.

Pearl Smith   October 1972 – Athens

Inside the ruin of the Parthenon on the Acropolis 

Pearl is a member of the National Presbyterian Church (in Washington, D. C.), of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the University Women's Club, and has been commissioned a Kentucky Colonel.  She is fond of travel and has seen a good bit of the United States.  In 1971 she spent her vacation in Great Britain and Scandinavia.  In 1972 she plans to go to the Holy Land and to Greece and Italy.