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Bessie <I>Current</I> Smith

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Bessie Current Smith

Birth
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Death
22 Jan 1954 (aged 70)
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Bessie E (Current) Smith was born on June 12, 1883 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of William Crenshaw Current (1832-1908) and Emeline L "Emma" (Brown) Current (1844-1893).

She was married about 1910 to Jesse James Taylor Smith (1886-1969), the son of John Taylor Smith (1848-1926) and Eliza Emma (Dyer) Smith (1866-1925).

Bessie died of cancer on January 22, 1954 in Clarksville Hospital, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Burial was the next day in Greenwood Cemetery.


Most of the above is from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Howard Owens of Clarksville as the informant.


Known children of Bessie and Jesse:
~ Thelma Smith (ca 1912- )
~ Elwin SMith (ca 1914- )
~ Vernon H Smith (1915-1991)
~ Myrna Elizabeth Smith (1917-2004)
~ Dorothy Smith (ca 1920- )


Bessie E (Current) Smith was born on June 12, 1883 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of William Crenshaw Current (1832-1908) and Emeline L "Emma" (Brown) Current (1844-1893).

She was married about 1910 to Jesse James Taylor Smith (1886-1969), the son of John Taylor Smith (1848-1926) and Eliza Emma (Dyer) Smith (1866-1925).

Bessie died of cancer on January 22, 1954 in Clarksville Hospital, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Burial was the next day in Greenwood Cemetery.


Most of the above is from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Howard Owens of Clarksville as the informant.


Known children of Bessie and Jesse:
~ Thelma Smith (ca 1912- )
~ Elwin SMith (ca 1914- )
~ Vernon H Smith (1915-1991)
~ Myrna Elizabeth Smith (1917-2004)
~ Dorothy Smith (ca 1920- )



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  • Created by: Syd Gardner
  • Added: Mar 1, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125755410/bessie-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Current Smith (12 Jun 1883–22 Jan 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125755410, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Syd Gardner (contributor 47902230).