Robert Girard Smith
1875 - 1953 (77 years)-
Name Robert Girard Smith Birth 19 Nov 1875 Monroe Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Death 23 Jun 1953 Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV [1] Cause: cerebral thrombosis/generalized arteriosclerosis of many years duration Burial 26 Jun 1953 Calfee Cemetery, Mt. Tabor, Raleigh Co., WV [1] Person ID I25857 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 18 Sep 2017
Father Giles Henry Smith, b. Apr 1844, Montgomery Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary M. McCall, b. 1846, Giles Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 22 Oct 1868 Monroe Co., WV [2] Family ID F9407 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Willard Quindora Jarrell, b. 1887, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 22 Feb 1912 Lester, Raleigh Co., WV [3] Family ID F15930 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jul 2014
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Notes - Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 25 Jun 1953, p. 5, col. A
Robert G. Smith, 77, Is Taken By Death
Robert G. Smith, 77, of the Green Valley Addition, Crab Orchard, died at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a four-year illness, attributed to a kidney condition. He became seriously ill Tuesday.
He had resided in Raleigh County the past 44 years. A retired coal miner, he was employed for 23 years at Eccles.
Born Nov. 19, 1875, in Monroe County, he was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Lester and United Mine Workers Local 5770.
His parents, Jiles Henry and Mary Hall Smith, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Willard Quindora Smith, three brothers, Wilson, Piney View; French, Miami, Fla.; and Morris, Princeton; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Weatherford, Oak Hill; Mrs. Della Dillon, Princeton; Mrs. G. W. Keatley, Bozoo; Mrs. Mae Severn, Miami; and Mrs. Minnie Smith, New York.
The body will be removed to the residence at 4 p.m. Thursday from the Calfee Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 Friday in the Mt. Tabor Baptist Church by the Rev. Alvis Jacobs and the Rev. B. C. Jennings. Burial will follow in the Calfee Cemetery, Mt. Tabor.
Pallbearers will be: W. S. Carter, Ralph Bolen, Walter Pendry, Ira Hurt, William Lawson, and Virgil Wood.
- Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 25 Jun 1953, p. 5, col. A
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Sources - [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 8026 (1953), Robert G. Smith, accessed 13 Jul 2014. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1546] West Virginia. Monroe County., Monroe Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1: 76, line 12, Smith-McCall, 1868; accessed 16 Feb 2012. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1335] West Virginia. Raleigh County., Raleigh Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Devision of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register p. 326, Smith-Jarrell, 1912; accessed 13 Jul 2014. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 8026 (1953), Robert G. Smith, accessed 13 Jul 2014. (Reliability: 3).