As we go to press, we learn of the death tonight of Mrs. Lee Hooper at her home, “The Pines,” at Speedwell, following an attack of pneumonia. The funeral will be held Sunday morning, March 15th at 10:00 o’clock at the home.
Mrs. Nellie Hooper, the wife of Lee Hooper, and a daughter of the late Senator Lewis J. Smith, was a member of one of Jackson County’s oldest and most prominent families. She was a devoted worker in the Speedwell Methodist church and missionary society work, and had many friends in this county and section.
Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. George Crout of Sylva, three sons, Lewis, Grinnell and James Hooper of Speedwell, two stepsons, Major D.L. Hooper, Washington, D.C., and H.O. Hooper of Eagle Lake, Florida, two grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Nannie McGuire, Miss Ida Smith, and Mrs. John (Bertie) Phillips all of Cullowhee, one brother, Lewis J. Smith of Franklin, and a large number of other relatives and friends.
(Jackson County Journal, Sylva, NC, Thursday, 12 March 1936, p.3)
Contributor: David Coward (47167269)
As we go to press, we learn of the death tonight of Mrs. Lee Hooper at her home, “The Pines,” at Speedwell, following an attack of pneumonia. The funeral will be held Sunday morning, March 15th at 10:00 o’clock at the home.
Mrs. Nellie Hooper, the wife of Lee Hooper, and a daughter of the late Senator Lewis J. Smith, was a member of one of Jackson County’s oldest and most prominent families. She was a devoted worker in the Speedwell Methodist church and missionary society work, and had many friends in this county and section.
Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. George Crout of Sylva, three sons, Lewis, Grinnell and James Hooper of Speedwell, two stepsons, Major D.L. Hooper, Washington, D.C., and H.O. Hooper of Eagle Lake, Florida, two grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Nannie McGuire, Miss Ida Smith, and Mrs. John (Bertie) Phillips all of Cullowhee, one brother, Lewis J. Smith of Franklin, and a large number of other relatives and friends.
(Jackson County Journal, Sylva, NC, Thursday, 12 March 1936, p.3)
Contributor: David Coward (47167269)
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Florence Smith
1869–1885
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Lillie Smith
1870–1874
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Infant "Lilly" Smith
1870–1872
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Lena Rebecca Smith Wallace
1871–1931
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Ida Jane Smith
1873–1958
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Beulah Smith
1875–1893
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Nannie Smith McGuire
1880–1966
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Lewis Jesse Smith Jr
1882–1953
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Clara Bertha "Bertie" Smith Phillips
1884–1965
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Blanche Smith
1886–1898
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Jacob C "Jake" Smith
1889–1912
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Robert Nathan "R N" Smith
1894–1934
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