Eunice G. Smith

   Cause of her death was Metastatic Carcinoma / Carcinoma of Colon.

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Gregorys Store, Mecklenburg Co., VA, District 42, page 20A / 20B, dated June 20, 1900 records Eunice Smith (April 1896) with her widowed mother, Laurie (sic) Smith (Jan 1874) and siblings Bessie (Sept 1892) and Edward Smith (April 1894) living at the home of Louisa's parents James M. (Aug 1833 - NC/NC/NC) and Mary F. (1835 - NC/NC/NC) Thomasson. Louisa indicates that she was married for 8 years and has had 3 children. James and Mary report being married for 45 years and having had 12 children of whom 8 are still living.

The 1910 Federal Census for Bluestone, Mecklenburg Co., VA, District 48, page 13A, dated May 6, 1910 records Eunice Smith (13) with her widowed mother, Louisa Smith (35) and siblings Bissie (sic) (17) and Ned Smith (16) living at the home of Willie H. Adcock (35) and his widowed mother Catherine Adcock (70) on Gillespie Road. The Adcocks and Smiths are not related.


The Danville Register, Danville, Virginia; Friday, March 24, 1972; Page: Page 14
Funeral Rites Slated Today For Mrs. Smith
Final rites for Mrs. Eunice Smith will be held today at 2 p.m. at Townes Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, 74, died yesterday in Roman Eagle Nursing Home after an illness of 10 months. She was born in Mecklenburg County April 17, 1897, a daughter of Henry Gibson Smith and Frances Louisa Thomasson Smith*. She was married to Elvin Finch Smith, who died Feb 13, 1963. Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Danville since 1940 and was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jack W. Garrett of Danville; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Lawson of Chase City; three granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.
* The death certificate of her mother gives the name Louise Josephine Thomasson Smith

The SSDI records:
Eunice Smith
SSN: 228-48-0577\\
Last Residence: 24541 Danville, Danville City, Virginia
Born: 17 Apr 1896
Died: Mar 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1955)

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Mrs Eunice Smith Smith (widow)
Residence: 279 Carolina St., Danville, VA
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 74
Birth Date: 17 Apr 1897
Death Date: 23 Mar 1972
Death Place: Roman Eagle Memorial Home, Danville, Virginia
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, VA
Registration Date: 3 Apr 1972
Father: Henry Gibson Smith
Mother: Frances Louisa Thomasson
Spouse: Elvin Finch Smith
Mrs. Jack W. Garrett [daughter]

Eunice married Elvin Finch Smith, son of John C. Bolton Smith and Jennie L. Trotter, circa 1918. (Elvin Finch Smith was born on 1 Jan 1897 in Christiansville, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, died on 13 Feb 1963 in Danville City, (Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, VA.) The cause of his death was Coronary Thrombosis (immediate) / Arteriosclerotic Heart Dosease (6 years).