General Notes

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Per Christine Carver Stewart, Alice Logan's husband was a Smith, a cousin
of William H. Smith.
"MR. I. P. SMITH DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
On Monday morning September 4, at eight thirty o'clock, Mr. I. P.
Smith died at his home, Rockford, Rt. 2, after a lengthy illness.  Mr.
Smith was born in January, 1862 in the Flint Hill Community, Coosa
county, later moving to this present home Rockford, Rt. 2, where he
reared a family of eight children.
He is survived by his widow and seven children, Ellis Smith, Gantts
Quarry; Albert Smith, Dewey Smith, Hattie Smith, Jewel Smith, of Rockford
Rt. 2, and Huey Smith, of Rockford; one sister, Mrs. W. H. Thomas,
Rockford, Rt. 1; one brother, J. M. Smith, Rockford, Rt. 2; and five
grandchildren.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hanover.  Mr.
Smith was a man who had the utmost respect of his neighbors and friends.
It was said by Mr. Pinson, at the funeral, that, for several years he had
known Mr. Smith, and he had never heard any person say anything that was
not a credit to him.
Funeral services were held at Andrew's Chapel Church, 2:00 o'clock,
Tuesday, with internment in the church cemetery, the Reverend C. D. Dobbs
in charge, Dr. J. G. Pinson assisting." (1)
(1) The Rockford Chronicle, 7 Sep 1939, p. 1. Printed in Rockford, Coosa
Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History,
Montgomery, AL.