Married second Burleigh C. Harrison June 11, 1931 in Norfolk, Va. Blanche is listed as a widow. Divorced Oct. 3, 1941
Married third Oliver Cromwell Smith, son of Chandler Laurance and Amy Bailey Smith, Sept 20, 1949 in Paquotank County, N.C.
Mrs. Blanche Mae Smith, 49, wife of Oliver C. Smith and daughter of Orry U. and Mrs. Clara L. Murphy Bailey, died at a Norfolk hospital yesterday at 5 p.m. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Miss Clara L. Harrison and Mrs. Every V. Thigpen, both of South Norfolk; two sons, James A. Waterfield, of Pawtucket, R.I., and Wallace S. Harrison, of Taiverner, Fla.; a granddaughter, Miss Scheral L. Waterfield, of Pawtucket; three sisters, Mrs. Francis B. Mahoney and Mrs. Lucy B. Shackelford, both of Norfolk, and Mrs. Minnie B. Sykes, of Portsmouth; and three brothers, Harry S. Bailey, William E. Bailey and Ralph S. Bailey, all of Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Smith was a native of Princess Anne County and had been a resident of Norfolk for 40 years. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The body was taken to the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
The Virginian Pilot Friday September 28, 1956
Married second Burleigh C. Harrison June 11, 1931 in Norfolk, Va. Blanche is listed as a widow. Divorced Oct. 3, 1941
Married third Oliver Cromwell Smith, son of Chandler Laurance and Amy Bailey Smith, Sept 20, 1949 in Paquotank County, N.C.
Mrs. Blanche Mae Smith, 49, wife of Oliver C. Smith and daughter of Orry U. and Mrs. Clara L. Murphy Bailey, died at a Norfolk hospital yesterday at 5 p.m. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Miss Clara L. Harrison and Mrs. Every V. Thigpen, both of South Norfolk; two sons, James A. Waterfield, of Pawtucket, R.I., and Wallace S. Harrison, of Taiverner, Fla.; a granddaughter, Miss Scheral L. Waterfield, of Pawtucket; three sisters, Mrs. Francis B. Mahoney and Mrs. Lucy B. Shackelford, both of Norfolk, and Mrs. Minnie B. Sykes, of Portsmouth; and three brothers, Harry S. Bailey, William E. Bailey and Ralph S. Bailey, all of Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Smith was a native of Princess Anne County and had been a resident of Norfolk for 40 years. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The body was taken to the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
The Virginian Pilot Friday September 28, 1956
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