James Franklin Smith

GEDCOM Note

1930 Census Okemah Twp., Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma Smith, James F 29 OK Pearl 28 AR AJ 6 OK Virgil 5/12 OK Williams, Crm Boarder

James Franklin "Buddy" Smith was born in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, the son of Jesse Silvanus Smith and his first wife, Mary L J "Mollie" Walker.

The family moved to Okemah, Oklahoma around 1920 where Buddy met his wife, Pearl Hope Hunsaker, the daughter of William Eli Hunsaker and Lorena Belle Atkins.

Buddy and Pearl were married in Okemah on November 28, 1922. They were the parents of seven children, AJ, Virgil, James, Thelma, Arlie, Treva and Kenneth.

Pearl, and her baby, Kenneth, both died shortly after Kenneth was born on April 6, 1941. Buddy lost the love of his life, a newborn son and was left with six children to raise, which he did very well. All of his children were loving, honest and hard working people.

James Franklin Smith died on June 5, 1968, the birthday of his beloved wife, Pearl, he had terminal lung cancer and died at the home of his eldest son, AJ Smith, in Fremont, California.

He is buried at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park in Fremont, California.

Our family mourned the loss of our beloved father, brother and grandfather. We have many fond members of him and miss him greatly.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 7 2021, 16:05:48 UTC