Nancy Elizabeth Adkins Smith Vines
Nancy Elizabeth Adkins Smith Vines
Nancy Elizabeth Adkins Smith Vines
Nancy is my great great grandmother. She was a resident of the Gravelridge area. Her married names were Smith, (husband John Smith) and Vines, (husband Wash Vines). She was known in the community as Lizzy Vines.
She is the mother of Rosa Smith Poindexter, Randolph Benjamin Smith, Melton Smith and James Malcolm Smith, who is my great grandfather. ~~ Debra
Photo and info kindly submitted by Debra Phillips
Some additional info about Nancy Adkins and John Smith:
from Nora M. Johnson.
John Smith b. ca 1853 LA.
+ Nancy Adkins b. 1858 Neshoba, MS. d. 1950 Bradley, AR.
daughter of Benjamin Franklin Adkins and Eliza J. Tinsley.
Children of John and Nancy are:
1) James Malcolm Smith - b.1874 Arkansas - d. abt 1914-20 - Wife: Jerusha (Rutha) - Randolph and Ella Vines Smith and Columbus Washington "Lum" and Lula Clay Smith
2) Randolph Smith - Wife: Ella Vines - 3) Columbus Washington "Lum" Smith born Dec 28, 1870 Died January 11, 1970 in Del City, OK., due to Congestive Heart Failure. Wife: Lula Jane Clay Smith; Children: Daughters: Minnie Gertrude Smith, Velma Smith Martin, Elnora Smith; Sons: Irven Smith and George Smith. Columbus was buried Jan. 14, 1970 beside his wife Lula at Tucumcari Memorial Park, Tucumcari , N.M.
Larry Marlon Johnson, Janice Smith, Melton Smith and Myrtis A. Smith Johnson
The picture from 1967 is of: 4) Melton "Melt" Smith - 92 years
- Wife: Ruth Hamm Smith
- Wife: Ann Buried in Marsden Cemetery 5) Rosina Smith - M: Poindexter
Myrtis Smith and William Doyle Johnson
**"My mother-in-law, Myrtis Smith Johnson is a daughter of John Benson Smith and Lottie Lorene Hatcher (deceased).
Their children: Minor - has not been located
Lula Leona - Debra Phillip's grandmother
Ira "R" (female) - married a Smearley in Farmersville, LA. Raised a family there. Children were Dewey, Vernon and Christine, Earnistine.
Lonnie - died young
Ida - lives in N.C.
Their children: Oscar, Callie (still living - 94 years young!), Roy, Rachel, Allie
Larry Marlon Johnson, Great, Great Grandson of Melton Smith, Grandson of Myrtis A. Smith Johnson, son of Larry D. Johnson.
Janice Smith Roberts is holding her Great nephew, Larry Marlon Johnson. Janice is a Granddaughter of Melton Smith, a daughter of John Benson Smith
Melton "Melt" Smith, son of Nancy Elizabeth Adkins Smith Vines
Myrtis A. Smith Johnson, Granddaughter of Melton Smith, also a daughter of John Benson Smith
had Daughter: Murel Married George Carter
Son: Linus Married Johnnie Lee Landsdale
Son: John Benson Married Lottie Lorene Hatcher**
Son: LaCoy Married Cleatus Johnson
Daughter: Linnie Married Edgar Orr
Smith, Milton L., born Oct 8, 1876, died Nov 8, 1968, Name should be spelled Melton, Known as "Melt"
Smith, Ruth, born 1880, died 1937, Stone says "wife of Melton L. Smith"
Myrtis' husband William Doyle Johnson died Oct 17, 1985." ~~Nora Johnson
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