Norval Keith Smith

1905 - 1948  (43 years)

• Name	Norval Keith Smith
  Birth	19 Mar 1905	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	School Teacher  [1]
  Death	22 Apr 1948	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  	Cause: carcinoma of lung
  Burial	24 Apr 1948	End of the Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I14426	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Sidney Mcclure Smith,   b. 29 Sep 1874, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 1 Dec 1949, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Laura Havana "Lockie" McClung,   b. 6 Sep 1879, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Between 1959 and 1965 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1899	Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  Family ID	F2506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Glenna Gertrude Honaker,   b. 21 Nov 1907, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Jul 1928	East Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV
  Family ID	F6326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Mar 1905 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage - 3 Jul 1928 - East Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV Death - Cause: carcinoma of lung - 22 Apr 1948 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Burial - 24 Apr 1948 - End of the Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Gazette, 24 April 1948 Service Arranged For Orvel Smith Orvel K. Smith, 43, widely known school teacher of Greenbrier county, died at his home at Rupert at 11 p. m. Thursday. Born March 3, 1905, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Smith. He was educated at the Alderson Baptist academy, Concord college at Athens and the University of Maryland. He taught for 23 years in Greenbrier schools and for 15 years was principal of the Anjean school. Mr. Smith was a member of the Big Clear Creek Baptist church and of the Loyal Order of the Moose lodge No. 1647 at Rainelle. He had been ill several months and returned home just a month ago from Florida, where he had gone for a rest. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Honaker Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Withrow of Rupert and Mrs. Billie Smith of Tampa, Fla.; two brothers, Noel of Charleston and Joseph Smith of Rupert. He was a nephew of Dr. James McClung and the late Dr. Dennis McClung. Service will be at 3 p.m. today at Big Clear Creek church. Rev. Homer C. Piercy will officiate. Burial will be in the End of the Trail cemetery with Wallace & Wallace mortuary of East Rainelle in charge. The body will be taken from the mortuary to the church one hour before service. Pallbearers will be Delvin Harrah, Cleo Walkup, Dotson Robinson, H. Roger McVeigh, M. L. Walkup and Earl Hunter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #7556, Dist. No. 130, Serial No. 102 (Reliability: 3). [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).