AVIE LEE "Sis" SMITH - born: 5/2/1906 d. abt 1918. She was the daughter of Wm Alf Smith and Janie Rigdon
"WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS KILLED BY LIGHTENING WHILE SITTING AT THE DINNER TABLE" according to her sister, Ada (Smith)Gillespie.
see: PHOTO OF SIS W/HER AUNT MATTIE BELL (LUTHER) SMITH
New info, Thanks to Kelly O:
Avie Lee Smith date of death was May 22, 1917.
also:
Source: The Greenville Daily News, p 6
Date: May 23, 1917, Wednesday
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTENING BOLT
Avie Lee Smith, of Brandon Was Standing in Kitchen of Neighbors Home.
While at the home of a neighbor, Avie Lee Smith, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Brandon, was struck by lightening and instantly killed yesterday at 12:45.
The little girl together with others of the household had been in the yard and were driven in by the approach of the heavy cloud. Several of the party were in the front part of the house, but the little girl was in the kitchen and was standing directing underneath an electric socket. The lightening is said to have struck a tree which stands in the front yard and entered by the electric wire. The electricity continued through the house until it reached the kitchen, there being no globe in the socket under which the child was standing. The floor was torn by the force of the lightening but otherwise the furnishings were not damaged. None of the other occupants were damaged. The accident occurred at the home of J.P. Sim – home of the parents, No. 5 Bennett, Brandon.
The little girl was well known in the village and a pail of gloom was cast over the community when it ws learned of the sad affair. The friends of the family sympathize with the parents in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held from the home of the parents, No. 7 Bennett street, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
{transcribed by Kelly Jane O'Hara}
"WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS KILLED BY LIGHTENING WHILE SITTING AT THE DINNER TABLE" according to her sister, Ada (Smith)Gillespie.
see: PHOTO OF SIS W/HER AUNT MATTIE BELL (LUTHER) SMITH
New info, Thanks to Kelly O:
Avie Lee Smith date of death was May 22, 1917.
also:
Source: The Greenville Daily News, p 6
Date: May 23, 1917, Wednesday
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTENING BOLT
Avie Lee Smith, of Brandon Was Standing in Kitchen of Neighbors Home.
While at the home of a neighbor, Avie Lee Smith, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Brandon, was struck by lightening and instantly killed yesterday at 12:45.
The little girl together with others of the household had been in the yard and were driven in by the approach of the heavy cloud. Several of the party were in the front part of the house, but the little girl was in the kitchen and was standing directing underneath an electric socket. The lightening is said to have struck a tree which stands in the front yard and entered by the electric wire. The electricity continued through the house until it reached the kitchen, there being no globe in the socket under which the child was standing. The floor was torn by the force of the lightening but otherwise the furnishings were not damaged. None of the other occupants were damaged. The accident occurred at the home of J.P. Sim – home of the parents, No. 5 Bennett, Brandon.
The little girl was well known in the village and a pail of gloom was cast over the community when it ws learned of the sad affair. The friends of the family sympathize with the parents in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held from the home of the parents, No. 7 Bennett street, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
{transcribed by Kelly Jane O'Hara}
AVIE LEE "Sis" SMITH - born: 5/2/1906 d. abt 1918. She was the daughter of Wm Alf Smith and Janie Rigdon
"WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS KILLED BY LIGHTENING WHILE SITTING AT THE DINNER TABLE" according to her sister, Ada (Smith)Gillespie.
see: PHOTO OF SIS W/HER AUNT MATTIE BELL (LUTHER) SMITH
New info, Thanks to Kelly O:
Avie Lee Smith date of death was May 22, 1917.
also:
Source: The Greenville Daily News, p 6
Date: May 23, 1917, Wednesday
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTENING BOLT
Avie Lee Smith, of Brandon Was Standing in Kitchen of Neighbors Home.
While at the home of a neighbor, Avie Lee Smith, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Brandon, was struck by lightening and instantly killed yesterday at 12:45.
The little girl together with others of the household had been in the yard and were driven in by the approach of the heavy cloud. Several of the party were in the front part of the house, but the little girl was in the kitchen and was standing directing underneath an electric socket. The lightening is said to have struck a tree which stands in the front yard and entered by the electric wire. The electricity continued through the house until it reached the kitchen, there being no globe in the socket under which the child was standing. The floor was torn by the force of the lightening but otherwise the furnishings were not damaged. None of the other occupants were damaged. The accident occurred at the home of J.P. Sim – home of the parents, No. 5 Bennett, Brandon.
The little girl was well known in the village and a pail of gloom was cast over the community when it ws learned of the sad affair. The friends of the family sympathize with the parents in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held from the home of the parents, No. 7 Bennett street, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
{transcribed by Kelly Jane O'Hara}
"WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS KILLED BY LIGHTENING WHILE SITTING AT THE DINNER TABLE" according to her sister, Ada (Smith)Gillespie.
see: PHOTO OF SIS W/HER AUNT MATTIE BELL (LUTHER) SMITH
New info, Thanks to Kelly O:
Avie Lee Smith date of death was May 22, 1917.
also:
Source: The Greenville Daily News, p 6
Date: May 23, 1917, Wednesday
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTENING BOLT
Avie Lee Smith, of Brandon Was Standing in Kitchen of Neighbors Home.
While at the home of a neighbor, Avie Lee Smith, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith of Brandon, was struck by lightening and instantly killed yesterday at 12:45.
The little girl together with others of the household had been in the yard and were driven in by the approach of the heavy cloud. Several of the party were in the front part of the house, but the little girl was in the kitchen and was standing directing underneath an electric socket. The lightening is said to have struck a tree which stands in the front yard and entered by the electric wire. The electricity continued through the house until it reached the kitchen, there being no globe in the socket under which the child was standing. The floor was torn by the force of the lightening but otherwise the furnishings were not damaged. None of the other occupants were damaged. The accident occurred at the home of J.P. Sim – home of the parents, No. 5 Bennett, Brandon.
The little girl was well known in the village and a pail of gloom was cast over the community when it ws learned of the sad affair. The friends of the family sympathize with the parents in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held from the home of the parents, No. 7 Bennett street, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
{transcribed by Kelly Jane O'Hara}
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