Herschel Warren Smith

Herschel Warren Smith

• Father: Joseph Albert Smith b. 2 March 1872, d. 15 November 1937
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Brown b. April 1877, d. 3 April 1930

• Herschel Warren Smith was born on 31 August 1899 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
• Joseph Albert Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Wilson County, Tennessee, enumerated one household away from Joseph Albert's parents. Other members of the household included Herschel Warren Smith, Aubrey Norman Smith and Harry Trousdale Smith. Boarding in he household was farm laborer Alex Woods, age 16.
• Joseph Albert Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Wilson County, Tennessee, at Old Cairo Bend Road. Other members of the household included Herschel Warren Smith, Aubrey Norman Smith, Harry Trousdale Smith, Claude Albert Smith and Valeria Smith.
• Herschel Warren Smith registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Wilson County, Tennessee, while employed as a farmer in Lebanon by his father J. A. Smith.
• He served in the military during World War I, according to the 1930 census.
• Harry Trousdale Smith and Lillian Howard Mann appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Herschel Warren Smith, Charles John Smith.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1920 Census.
• He married Rachel Annie Farley, daughter of John Farley and Bettie Gass, on 24 December 1924 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
• Herschel Warren Smith and Rachel Annie Farley appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Wilson County, Tennessee, at Canal Branch Road enumerated next to Herschel's father.. Other members of the household included Imogene Smith and Howell Farley Smith.
• The following appeared on 10 April 1930 in The Lebanon Democrat: Mrs. Albert Smith, age 53, a native of Wilson county, died at her home on the Trousdale Ferry Pike about 5 o’clock Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lebanon Baptist church with the Rev. George Ramsey of Smith county, and the Rev. Charles Yelton of Mt. Juliet in charge of the services.
       Mrs. Smith, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Eliza Brown, was a member of the Cedar Grove Baptist church. She had been in ill health since last July but her death came as a shock to her friends here.
       Surviving her are her husband and the following children, Aubrey, Harry, Herschell, Claud and Valere Smith. One sister, Mrs. Herman Holman, and two brothers, Wallace and Robert Brown, also survive.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 18 July 1931 in The San Antonio Light: The body of Miss Valeria Smith, 26, who died at a local hospital Friday morning, has been sent to Lebanon, Tenn., for burial.
       Miss Smith was a native of Labanon, and had lived in San Antonio for 14 months. Surviving are: Her father, Albert Smith, of Lebanon; three brothers, Hersch Smith, of Lebanon, Harry Smith, of Birmingham, Ala., and Claude Smith, of San Antonio; also one half-brother, L. A. Norman, of Jennings, La.
• The following appeared on 18 November 1937 in The Lebanon Democrat: J. Albert Smith died at his home Monday. He was 65 years old.  Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A.D. Robertson at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Burial was in the Lebanon cemetery.
       Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, three sons, Hershel, Claude and Aubrey Smith, and one daughter, Joan.
• Herschel Warren Smith and Rachel Annie Farley appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Imogene Smith and Howell Farley Smith.
• He was self-employed, according to the 1940 census.
• The SSDI lists Wilson County, Tennessee, as the last residence of record of Herschel Warren Smith.
• Herschel Warren Smith died in July 1984 at age 84.
• The following appeared on 9 October 2015 in The Lebanon Democrat: Jo Ann Smith Snider. Funeral services for Ms. Snider will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Brother Todd Elliott officiating. Interment will follow in Conatser Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bubba Denson, Billy Denson, Adam Smith, Randy Hankins, Chuck McCrary and Matt Smith. Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday after 11 a.m.
       Ms. Snider, age 80, of the Rome community, died Oct. 7, 2015 at University Medical Center.
       Born in Wilson County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert Smith and Lillian Roberta Hobbs Smith. She was a nurse technician at McFarland Hospital for 21 years. She attended Berea Church of Christ.
       She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Smith; four half-brothers, Hershel, Harry, Claude and Aubrey Smith; and half-sister, Valira Smith.
       She is survived by her four sons, Albert Lee (Jean) Snider, Robert Carson Snider, Thomas Daniel (Shirley) Snider, George Baxter Snider; and sister, Mary Denson.
       Special thanks goes to her many caregivers over the years.

• Last Edited: 23 Feb 2016