Bessie Smith Arthur

Birth	20 Nov 1884 Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death	9 Dec 1955 (aged 71) Abraham, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial	New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery Abraham, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID	21382204 · View Source

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Bessie Arthur was born in 1884 in Raleigh County, W.Va., a daughter of George Washington Smith Jr. and Emily Alice Vandall Smith.

She was one of 16 children of George Smith Jr. Mr. Smith had nine children with Emily, who died in January 1905, and seven children with second wife Emma Biars.

Bessie married Oliver James Blaine Arthur, son of Charles Franklin Arthur and Amanda Treadway Arthur, on July 4, 1905, in Raleigh County. They had nine children: George Franklin, James Ernest, Russell Blaine, Edith V., Eva V., Henry D., Nannie B., Nerma Gladys, and Jocie Helen.

Mrs. Arthur died on 09 Dec 1955 in her home at Abraham, Raleigh County, after an illness of several months.

Funeral services were held in the Arthur Chapel, Abraham, with the Rev. G. R. Hubbard officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, Abraham.

Note: Mrs. Arthur's death certificate says her birthdate is 30 Nov 1884 but her funeral card says 20 Nov 1884.

More about her children and parents is online at West Virginia Memories -- http://wva.homestead.com/Smith-Biars.html

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Parents

George Washington Smith

1860–1940
Emily Alice Vandall Smith

1864–1905

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Oliver James Blaine Arthur

1884–1968 (m. 1905)

Siblings

Bertha Jane Smith Surbaugh

1882–1941
Glenville Everett Smith

1886–1952
Wayne Smith

1888–1911
Arthur Jackson Smith

1890–1956
Ida Smith Martin

1892–1970
Ola Ernest Smith

1894–1974
Charles Ota Smith

1897–1978
Emily Mae Smith Hutchison

1902–1952

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Kay Golda Smith Fox

1909–2009
Pearl Lora Smith Gwinn

1910–1962
Eda Flora Smith Ellison

1912–2003
Earl George Smith

1914–1986
Carl Eugene Smith

1916–1995
Everett Abraham Smith

1918–2003
Ernest Sidney Smith

1919–1978

Children

George Franklin Arthur

1906–1964
James Ernest Arthur

1907–1997
Russell Blaine Arthur

1910–1997
Edith V. Arthur Garten

1912–2004
Eva Vada Arthur Fox

1915–1989
Nerma Gladys Arthur McDaniel

1922–1993
Jocie Helen Arthur Bragg

1924–2005

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Bessie Smith Arthur

Maintained by: E.M. Smith
Originally Created by: Barb
Added: 5 Sep 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Smith Arthur (20 Nov 1884–9 Dec 1955), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21382204, citing New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by E.M. Smith (contributor 47134804) .

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George Washington Smith

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