Roland Lemuel Smith
b. 22 May 1898, d. 9 April 1968
- Father: Hesekiah Smith b. 4 April 1848, d. 14 February 1918
- Mother: Gabriella McCune b. 22 January 1862, d. 14 September 1910
- Roland Lemuel Smith was born on 22 May 1898 in Roans Prairie, Grimes County, Texas.
- Hesekiah Smith and Gabriella McCune appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas, enumerated next to Gabie's brother Tom McCune.. Other members of the household included Roland Lemuel Smith, Mary Florence Smith, Eula Gertrude Smith, Hubbard Lester Smith and Louise Smith.
- Hesekiah Smith and Gabriella McCune appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Roland Lemuel Smith, Hubbard Lester Smith, Louise Smith and Kenneth Thomas Smith.
- He married Blanche Oliphant, daughter of Charles Everett Oliphant and Amanda Rebecca Thomas, on 13 February 1916 in Grimes County, Texas.
- Roland Lemuel Smith became a widower at the 10 April 1918 death of his wife Lillian Hardy.
- Roland Lemuel Smith registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, while living in Shiro and employed as a farmer.
- He married Zettie Helen Rembert, daughter of William Erasmus Rembert and Sarah C. Leonard, circa 1920.
- Roland Lemuel Smith and Zettie Helen Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pelly, Harris County, Texas, at 508 Harding Street. Other members of the household included Ruby Opal Smith, Helen Inez Smith, Roland Lemuel Smith Jr., Billie Rembert Smith and Exa Inez Rembert.
- He was employed by a refinery as a pipefitter, according to the 1930 census.
- Roland Lemuel Smith became a widower at the 18 March 1935 death of his wife Zettie Helen Rembert.
- He was employed as an oil pumper, according to the 1940 census.
- At the time of his death Roland Lemuel Smith was living in Tomball, Harris County, Texas, at 707 Kane Street.
- Roland Lemuel Smith died on 9 April 1968 at age 69 in Tomball, Harris County, Texas, at Leon Memorial Hospital.
- He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.
- Last Edited: 25 Dec 2016
Family 1: Blanche Oliphant b. 21 September 1898, d. 10 April 1918
- Ruby Opal Smith+ b. 2 October 1917, d. 2 July 1977
Family 2: Zettie Helen Rembert b. 13 February 1902, d. 18 March 1935
- Helen Inez Smith+ b. 11 March 1921, d. 4 June 2004
- Roland Lemuel Smith Jr.+ b. 22 August 1924, d. 30 December 1991
- Billie Rembert Smith+ b. 25 August 1927, d. 1 December 1999
- John Lloyd Smith b. 2 February 1932, d. 27 October 1997