Jessie Jackson "J.J. or Jack" Smith was born on May 16, 1901 in Marshall County, Alabama to Jacob Breckinridge Smith and Josephine Ann Brooks Smith (first wife of Jacob B. Smith). He was married to Ruth [unknown maiden name] Smith, and they had two young children at the time of his death. He was a farmer. He died on October 9, 1924; and according to the death certificate, he died of Acute Nephritis. According to my mother, J.J. may have had some kind of premonition of his death. His father set aside a bit of land on his property to establish a family cemetery. When J.J. learned of this, he remarked that he would be the first one to be buried in it. It turned out to be true.
Transcription of Obituary (found in the Haralson County Tribune, Haralson County, GA)
Mr. J.J. Smith Dies In Bremen
Mr. J.J. Smith, age 22 years, passed away in his home in Bremen at midnight last Thursday after a month's illness.
The deceased was one of Bremen's most popular young men and the news of his death was a shock to all those who knew him. He had been in robust health until he was stricken about a month ago. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Smith and is survived by his parents, his widow, and two small children.
Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased last Friday afternoon being conducted by Rev. H.P. Shell, after which the body was interred at the cemetery in Bremen.
The Tribune deeply sympathizes with those bereaved.
Transcription of Obituary (found in the Haralson County Tribune, Haralson County, GA)
Mr. J.J. Smith Dies In Bremen
Mr. J.J. Smith, age 22 years, passed away in his home in Bremen at midnight last Thursday after a month's illness.
The deceased was one of Bremen's most popular young men and the news of his death was a shock to all those who knew him. He had been in robust health until he was stricken about a month ago. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Smith and is survived by his parents, his widow, and two small children.
Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased last Friday afternoon being conducted by Rev. H.P. Shell, after which the body was interred at the cemetery in Bremen.
The Tribune deeply sympathizes with those bereaved.
Jessie Jackson "J.J. or Jack" Smith was born on May 16, 1901 in Marshall County, Alabama to Jacob Breckinridge Smith and Josephine Ann Brooks Smith (first wife of Jacob B. Smith). He was married to Ruth [unknown maiden name] Smith, and they had two young children at the time of his death. He was a farmer. He died on October 9, 1924; and according to the death certificate, he died of Acute Nephritis. According to my mother, J.J. may have had some kind of premonition of his death. His father set aside a bit of land on his property to establish a family cemetery. When J.J. learned of this, he remarked that he would be the first one to be buried in it. It turned out to be true.
Transcription of Obituary (found in the Haralson County Tribune, Haralson County, GA)
Mr. J.J. Smith Dies In Bremen
Mr. J.J. Smith, age 22 years, passed away in his home in Bremen at midnight last Thursday after a month's illness.
The deceased was one of Bremen's most popular young men and the news of his death was a shock to all those who knew him. He had been in robust health until he was stricken about a month ago. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Smith and is survived by his parents, his widow, and two small children.
Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased last Friday afternoon being conducted by Rev. H.P. Shell, after which the body was interred at the cemetery in Bremen.
The Tribune deeply sympathizes with those bereaved.
Transcription of Obituary (found in the Haralson County Tribune, Haralson County, GA)
Mr. J.J. Smith Dies In Bremen
Mr. J.J. Smith, age 22 years, passed away in his home in Bremen at midnight last Thursday after a month's illness.
The deceased was one of Bremen's most popular young men and the news of his death was a shock to all those who knew him. He had been in robust health until he was stricken about a month ago. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Smith and is survived by his parents, his widow, and two small children.
Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased last Friday afternoon being conducted by Rev. H.P. Shell, after which the body was interred at the cemetery in Bremen.
The Tribune deeply sympathizes with those bereaved.
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Jack J. Smith
1901 - 1924
