Gladys Smelcher was born on May 1, 1906 and was one of many children born to Verna Ann Smelcher and her husband, Robert. She grew up in great poverty in the Eastern Tennessee mountains and later, earned a degree by great sacrifice and hard work. She became an executive secretary at the University of Tennessee and by 1938, was the mistress of Herman Hendricks.
After a scandelous divorce, Hendricks married Gladys Smelcher and entered the diplomatic core under the Marshall Plan to rebuild Euorpe and Japan. In 1952, she began raising her two step-children and continued her hostess duties for her husband in his career.
After retirement in 1966, Gladys settled in Florida, survived her husband, and returned to her Tennessee home to be a grandmother to her two stepgrandchildren. She was a wonderful lady and a loving stepmother, sister, and aunt.
She died in 2003 after a long life.
Gladys had many stories of her travels to the Middle East, Japan, Indonesia, and Austria. Her best story was smoking a cigarette with Eleanor Roosevelt before the coronation of the last Shah of Iran.
After a scandelous divorce, Hendricks married Gladys Smelcher and entered the diplomatic core under the Marshall Plan to rebuild Euorpe and Japan. In 1952, she began raising her two step-children and continued her hostess duties for her husband in his career.
After retirement in 1966, Gladys settled in Florida, survived her husband, and returned to her Tennessee home to be a grandmother to her two stepgrandchildren. She was a wonderful lady and a loving stepmother, sister, and aunt.
She died in 2003 after a long life.
Gladys had many stories of her travels to the Middle East, Japan, Indonesia, and Austria. Her best story was smoking a cigarette with Eleanor Roosevelt before the coronation of the last Shah of Iran.
Gladys Smelcher was born on May 1, 1906 and was one of many children born to Verna Ann Smelcher and her husband, Robert. She grew up in great poverty in the Eastern Tennessee mountains and later, earned a degree by great sacrifice and hard work. She became an executive secretary at the University of Tennessee and by 1938, was the mistress of Herman Hendricks.
After a scandelous divorce, Hendricks married Gladys Smelcher and entered the diplomatic core under the Marshall Plan to rebuild Euorpe and Japan. In 1952, she began raising her two step-children and continued her hostess duties for her husband in his career.
After retirement in 1966, Gladys settled in Florida, survived her husband, and returned to her Tennessee home to be a grandmother to her two stepgrandchildren. She was a wonderful lady and a loving stepmother, sister, and aunt.
She died in 2003 after a long life.
Gladys had many stories of her travels to the Middle East, Japan, Indonesia, and Austria. Her best story was smoking a cigarette with Eleanor Roosevelt before the coronation of the last Shah of Iran.
After a scandelous divorce, Hendricks married Gladys Smelcher and entered the diplomatic core under the Marshall Plan to rebuild Euorpe and Japan. In 1952, she began raising her two step-children and continued her hostess duties for her husband in his career.
After retirement in 1966, Gladys settled in Florida, survived her husband, and returned to her Tennessee home to be a grandmother to her two stepgrandchildren. She was a wonderful lady and a loving stepmother, sister, and aunt.
She died in 2003 after a long life.
Gladys had many stories of her travels to the Middle East, Japan, Indonesia, and Austria. Her best story was smoking a cigarette with Eleanor Roosevelt before the coronation of the last Shah of Iran.
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