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Hazel's Letter to Ireland's wife Maude. Be careful to read
in order of the page number located at the top of each page. They did not
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Evidently the letter above to Andrew's mother was passed on to Maude
who answered Hazel and told her Andrew was married again. Hazel had a
wealthy boy friend in Detroit and planned to get married. She missed her
girls.
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1900 Pike County, KY records
show Joe & Nancy Smith and the children living at
Woodman, KY & Joe listed as a farmer. See entries near bottom
of page. Andrew listed as age 3.
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1920 Records show Andrew & wife
Hazel, living at Woodman in a house between Hazel's father John Robinson (wife
Lydia and 3 other children) and Andrew's brother Ireland Smith (wife Maude and Maude's
brother Dimpson Nunley who married later Andrew's sister Sallie). Hazel
is listed "Hazel H." H for Hatfield. She was raised by her
father John Robinson and his 1st wife Lydia. His 2nd wife was also
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ANDREW - Jenkins Road
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Andrew & Mabel bought the property on Jenkins Rd in 1928 in 2 lots
for about $800 total.
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Left - second wife Mabel Alice Turner from Calhoun, GA. His original marriage
to Hazel was dissolved by action of a judge in Kentucky as Hazel had
been gone 4 years and had not been heard from. Mabel had not been
married. They were married at Ridgedale Baptist Church on Dodds Avenue
July 1928.
Right - Mabel holding Reginald in 1943. They adopted him from
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Left - House Andrew lived in during early days in Chattanooga
Right - Believe this is front of Williams and Voris Lumber Company
on Dodds Ave, between 26th and 28th Streets, where Andrew became superintendent of the Hardwood Flooring Plant |
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Left - Andrew on front steps of original house built
circa 1929
Right - Andrew on front steps of house he built in Chattanooga,
TN. Early picture before he built the flower beds. Circa 1954. House was
roofed in 1952 and moved into in 1953
Andrew
Draft Card
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Mabel later bought the property that Royal Oaks was
built on from the Rymers about 1956. Mr. Rymer's family said he was
mentally deficient and had the sale cancelled. She was offered the
property again but refused to buy it again even though the title company
paid her for her original loss. Builder Clyde Roy bought the property
about 1960 and built Royal Oaks Subdivision.
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Left - Andrew did some sculpture as
seen in the 2 snow figures. The female is close to Jenkins Road. Recall
a female figure about 2 feet tall he did in clay also.
Right - Enlarge and you can see the barns in the back. They were
between what is now the pavilion and the main building for Brainerd
Presbyterian Church. Consisted of: brooder house(right), laying hen
house(left), garage/fly room(large bldg in back), and outhouse(not
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Left - Andrew's daughter Lodema -
pic at Woodman - note rug hanging on wall as backdrop. Circa 1924
Right - Lodema and Geneva at Woodman - pic likely taken about
1929-30 when Andrew and Mabel went to Woodman, KY to pick the girls up. |
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Letter Lodema wrote to her
Grandmother Nancy Smith at Woodman. Dec. 21, 1930. Age 9. She was worried
it appears about everybody forgetting each other. She wanted to be
remembered. She obviously missed being in Kentucky with the people and
cousins she had grown up with. This may have been the first year Gene
and Lodema were in Chattanooga - 1930 |
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Left - Lodema
Right - Lodema - graduation day likely Circa 1940 Gene
and Lodema remembered pleasant times with there dad and the things they
used to do with him alone. Mabel was not always kind to them. Lodema
took after Andrew her father and did not let much bother her. Gene was
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Lodema's husband Raymond Austin Prater. Raised at Bonny
Oaks Childrens Home near Chattanooga. Graduated from Tyner High School
1941 where he was active in 4H. To Army 1942-1946 including study at U of Conn. Graduated from Washington &
Lee in 1947 Virginia. Opened his law practice in Chattanooga in Feb,
1950 at 530 Chattanooga Bank Building. |
Raymond was instrumental in providing information
to the Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation leading to the impeachment of
Hamilton County Tennessee Judge Raulston Schoolfield. Raymond was
later secretly chosen by U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to
screen the jury pool for the trial of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa.
The first Hoffa trial in Nashville ended in a mistrial because of jury
tampering. A second trial was held in Chattanooga where Hoffa was
convicted and sent to jail. Raymond died in a small plane crash
with Audie Murphy near Roanoke, VA in 1971
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Left - Raymond opens law office in Chattanooga
Right - Christmas cards - Raymond & Lodema spent wedding night
with Maude.
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Left - Geneva Smith Front row left with X.
Also upper left with tie and sport coat is Raymond Prater
who married her sister Lodema
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Left - Andrew's daughter Geneva
Right - Geneva's first husband Jack Roberts & Reg's
father, USN aboard the USS Ranger |
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Left - Jack Roberts
Right - Jack's father |
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Jack and family |
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Left - Back of small original 3
room house. Reg & German Shepherd Junior. Circa 1944
Right - Rear of house. Somebody went fishing. Good eatin' - Family made lots of
fishing trips in 1940's & 1950's to Chickamauga Lake like Vincent
slough, Snowhill Bridge, Wolftever Creek, etc. Andrew had a 1938 Buick
and later a 1952, 1958, 1959 and finally a 1964 Buick Skylark wagon. He
owned a Chevrolet when he came to Chattanooga. - Pic Circa 1948 |
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Part of the farm buildings on the
property built with logs Andrew fell on the place. Spaces were chinked
with mud.
During the depression and up until about 1955, they raised
chickens, turkeys, had a cow and sold butter, sold & swapped eggs for other
items at Bostick's store located next to, and on the west side of east
Brained School. That cobblestone store building stood until sometime in the
1960's. The Bostick's were Jewish and ran tickets for people during the
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Reg - Happy days on Jenkins Road.
Early whiner stage. Circa 1945
No running water until about 1950. Original steel well is next to steps
of house completed about 1953.
Right - Old gate went to garden. One of the posts still stands. That's
about 30 feet west of the first garden water faucet. |
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Left - Farmer Reg circa 1948
Right - View looking west down existing driveway. Large image
shows 3-4 stacks of lumber that Andrew had cut and sawed. Far view shows
swing gate at road. 1st tree on left is a large oak and still in place.
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Left - Gone fishing - looks like
maybe Vincent Slough - 1938 Buick is top left at tree. He traded the
1938 in on the 1952 at McKamey's Auto on Lee Hwy about 1956 and he got $50 trade in.
Darn did I whine a lot on that deal. Great old car - bright maroon 4
door- ran good - but the radiator leaked. SO??? Fix it
Right - Reg's best friend died of polio about 1951-52. Billy was
displayed in the iron lung at the Chattanooga Funeral home. Very out
going kid like his dad and mother. Lived on Jenkins Rd where Dr Royal
later built. Obit is incorrect on address. |
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Left - Andrew taught Red Cross
first aid to the employees at Williams and Voris Lumber Company.
Right - Kids went to East Brained School about 1 mile from the
Jenkins Rd property. This is a teacher's pic circa 1932. Left to right:
Ms Ellis, Ms Gamble, Ms Davidson (Halley I believe), Mr J B Smith, Ms
Marison, Ms Harris, Ms Laura Davidson. Gene and Lodema would have been
there at that time. |
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Left - During WWII ladies knitted sweaters and socks to send
overseas. This is a list of instruction. Mabel received several Red
Cross letters and thank you notes relating to this activity. |
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Lodema-Patsy-Ray Prater lower left
with Nunleys; Andrew Smith Upper Right
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Patsy-Ray Prater
with Nunley's
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Lodema-Patsy-Ray Prater
with Nunley's; Upper Right Andrew Smith
Pics at Narrows after Bill's funeral
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