Rufus Carl was the tenth child born to Joseph Henry and Rosa Lee Seay Smoot.
He married Gertrude Mae Mitchell on May 5, 1919 in Goochland County, Virginia.
Born to this union, Rufus Carl, Jr. "Bubba" and Eula Mae Smoot Ballard.
Carl worked for fifty years for Seaboard Coastline Railroad.
He and Gertrude were members of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since 1921.
Picture attached is Carl performing the annual ritual (about 1937) of creating Brunswick Stew at Lakeview Park in Colonial Heights. Carl demanded the finest ingredients and would not let anyone stir the stew but himself. The vegetables that went into the stew came from his garden that he raised. Preparations began at daybreak, so the stew would be ready for lunch. He could be seen many Saturdays behind the Monument Avenue chapel stirring the pot. The stew became famous and was enjoyed for many years for recreational outings and for raising money for the building fund. Carl was a stew master. I have the recipe today for the stew.
Carl was my great uncle.
Rufus Carl was the tenth child born to Joseph Henry and Rosa Lee Seay Smoot.
He married Gertrude Mae Mitchell on May 5, 1919 in Goochland County, Virginia.
Born to this union, Rufus Carl, Jr. "Bubba" and Eula Mae Smoot Ballard.
Carl worked for fifty years for Seaboard Coastline Railroad.
He and Gertrude were members of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since 1921.
Picture attached is Carl performing the annual ritual (about 1937) of creating Brunswick Stew at Lakeview Park in Colonial Heights. Carl demanded the finest ingredients and would not let anyone stir the stew but himself. The vegetables that went into the stew came from his garden that he raised. Preparations began at daybreak, so the stew would be ready for lunch. He could be seen many Saturdays behind the Monument Avenue chapel stirring the pot. The stew became famous and was enjoyed for many years for recreational outings and for raising money for the building fund. Carl was a stew master. I have the recipe today for the stew.
Carl was my great uncle.
Family Members
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Celestine Smoot Mills
1879–1937
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Effie Lee Smoot Ford
1881–1980
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Lula D. Smoot
1883–1889
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John Henry Smoot
1886–1933
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Hattie Eva Smoot Dressler
1887–1966
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Rosa Nell Smoot King
1890–1963
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Annie Gay Smoot Bennett
1891–1971
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Joseph Eldred "Jack" Smoot Goodrich
1893–1972
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Rufus Clayton Smoot
1895–1897
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Richard Napoleon "Dick" Smoot Goodrich
1900–1951
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James Howard Smoot
1907–1974
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