Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, LeClaire King, 1935 

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LeCLAIRE KING SMITH 

MRS. O.S. SMITH, JR., DIES TODAY AFTER FEW DAYS' ILLNESS 

Death of Wife of Former Mayor of Suffolk Proves Shock 

  Mrs. LeClaire King Smith, wife of former Mayor Otis S. Smith, Jr., died at 
her home, 13 Brewer avenue, this morning at 4:30 o'clock of double pneumonia. 
Mrs. Smith had been ill since Christmas, when she developed a severe cold. 

  Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday at 3 p.m., conducted 
by the Rev. Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor of Suffolk Christian church.  Burial 
will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 

  Surviving Mrs. Smith, in addition to her husband, are a son, Spottswood, 
3rd; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Moseley and Miss Inez King, all of Suffolk; two 
uncles, Dr. C.J. Riddick, of Suffolk, and Claude King of Nansemond county; 
several nieces and nephews. 

  Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Woodville King, former treasurer of 
the city of Suffolk. 

  Interested in the family firm, Ballard and Smith, Mrs. Smith devoted her 
time largely to business and headed the ready-to-wear department of the store. 
She also took an active part in social affairs for many years prior to 
entering business. 

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  MRS. LeCLAIRE KING SMITH 

   Suffolk, Dec. 31, Mrs. LeClaire King Smith, prominent young matron of this 
city, and wife of Otis S. Smith, Jr., former Mayor of Suffolk, died this 
morning at 4:30 at her home on Brewer Avenue, after a brief illness, of 
pneumonia. 

   Mrs. Smith, who was a member of the firm of Ballard & Smith, was taken ill 
on Christmas day and grew rapidly worse until her death this morning. 

   Her personal beauty and her charm of manner made for her a wide circle of 
friends and her entrance into the business life of the community a few years 
ago, widened her large number of friendship. 

   Surviving are her husband, one son, Spottswood Smith; two sisters, Mrs. 
Emma Finch Moseley, and Miss Inez King; two nieces, Misses Anne and LeClaire 
Holton, and four nephews, Woodville, Robert, Jack and Kendall Holton. 

   She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Woodville A. King. 

   She was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church and of the American Legion 
Auxiliary. 


LeClaire (KING; Mrs. Otis S. Jr.) SMITH, ready-to-wear manager, 
b. 31 Mar 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 31 Dec 1935, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 98*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 13, No. 239, Tues., Dec. 31, 1935, p. 1, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #15709560; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 15, No. 38, Thurs., Jan. 2, 1936, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 & Steve Poole - 
   are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #15709560. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

D.Cert. 28147 (Suffolk #409) 

Her husband was an Army veteran and former mayor of Suffolk.  His obits 
  "Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 29 & 31, 1938, and "Smithfield Times," 
  Feb. 3, 1938) are posted at: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s530o1ob.txt 


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