Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Thomas W., 1952 

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THOMAS WALTER SMITH, JR.*

   News was received in Franklin on Wednesday evening of the death in a 
Southern Pines, N.C., hospital of Thomas W. Smith, father of Mrs. John E. 
Ray, 3d.

   Mr. Smith’s death was the result of cerebral thrombosis suffered earlier 
in the day.

   The deceased had made his home in Southern Pines for the past four years. 
Prior to that he had resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he represented 
the British American Tobacco Co.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Ellis Smith of Southern Pines; one 
daughter, Mrs. John E. Ray, 3d, of Franklin; two sons, Thomas W. Smith, Jr.*, 
and William Ellis Smith, both living in South America; and eight grandchildren.

   Funeral services will be held in Southern Pines this (Friday) afternoon. 
The family request no flowers.


Thomas Walter SMITH, Jr.*, former BAT rep. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 
d. 24 Sep 1952, Southern Pines, NC, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 65A**), Franklin, 
   26 Sep 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 26, 1952, p. 10 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

*His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 6, 1966, p. 6), which styles her 
   husband as Thomas Jr., is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530m4ob.txt 

Their marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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