The Richard Sampson SMITH and Cathron BRANAN SMITH annual reunion is being held Sunday, June 27th at Little Ocmulgee State Park, McRae, Ga. at the Lakeside Annex. This large hall is air conditioned and has a $2.00 per day parking fee. We will be there by 11 a.m. and will leave around 3 or 4. You are welcome to arrive and leave at any time but please try to be there this year. Descendants, please come and bring your family, a covered dish and any memorabilia for sharing. If you would, bring the family info that was recorded in old Bibles. If you have newspaper obits of your loved ones, please share them with us. We will have a copy machine. Directions: 3 miles North of McRae on US Hwy 441 32 Miles South of Dublin on US Hwy 441 Off of I-16, take exit 51 Thanks, Claudia Cannady SMITH/BRANAN/STINSON/ETHERIDGE/SHEPHERD/BALCOM/GIBSON/ BRASWELL/COOPER/GREEN/WRIGHT/KENNINGTON/WATERS ================================================= Facts on the Smith/Branan line Marriage: February 22, 1855, Wilkinson County, Ga. Cathron was the daughter of James BRANAN and Martha ETHERIDGE. Cathron was born May 21, 1838 in Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga., and died October 27, 1905 in Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga.. Richard was the s/o Archibald Bryant and Elizabeth Lewis SMITH. Burial of Richard and Cathron: Branan Vinson Cemetery, Wilkinson Co., Ga. Children of RICHARD SMITH and CATHRON BRANAN are: (1) Martha Anne Elizabeth Smith b. December 09, 1855, Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga.; d. January 18, 1915. m. John M. SHEPHERD (2) Archibald James Smith b. June 13, 1858, Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga.; d. October 26, 1941, Dodge Co., Ga.. m. Laura BALCOM (3) Benjamin Kenyon Smith b. October 28, 1861, Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga.; d. June 04, 1937. m. Patience GIBSON (4) Richard Luther Smith b. January 02, 1864, Gordon, Wilkinson Co., Ga.; d. October 19, 1955; m. (1) Patience BRASWELL; m. (2) Eunice COOPER; b. 1889; d. September 16, 1976. (5) George Leonard Smith b. January 04, 1867, Gordon, Ga.; d. February 12, 1934, Chauncey, Ga.. + Maggie Lee STINSON (6) "Kitty" Rastus Cathron Smith b. August 15, 1870; d. November 19, 1960. m. Thomas Edgar GREEN (7) Lois Faustine May Bell Smith b. July 07, 1873; d. January 23, 1941; m. James Harris WRIGHT; b. September 04, 1875; d. July 04, 1950. (8) William Sampson Smith , b. May 31, 1875; d. August 11, 1969. m. Lula KENNINGTON (9) Bonnie "Helen" (pronounced Heel-lyn) D. Smith b. September 01, 1878; d. March 30, 1963, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FG. m. Gordon WATERS DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, VOLUME III, 1909-1919 Thursday, December 26, 1918 R. S. SMITH DEAD, WAS 85 YEARS OLD. Mr. Richard Sampson Smith died at the home of his son, Mr. A. J. Smith, near Chauncey, on Sunday night, December 15, of the infirmities of old age, the deceased being eighty-five years and ten days old at the time of his death. Mr. Smith's body was carried to Wilkinson County, his former home, and interred in the Branan Cemetery Tuesday afternoon following his death. Funeral services were conducted by Elder Wm. Green, of Grays, Ga. The body was accompanied from Dodge by Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith, Mrs. and Mrs. R. L. Smith and Messrs. W. S. and B. K. Smith. The deceased was born and reared in Wilkinson County, and was one of that county's best and most prominent citizens. He moved to Dodge about twelve years ago after the death of his wife, and since that time has resided with his children in this county. His wife, who previous to her marriage was Miss Katherine Branan, died thirteen years ago. He is survived by eight sons and daughters, viz: A. J. Smith, of Dodge County; B. K. Smith, of Laurens County; R. L. and G. L. Smith, of Dodge County; Mrs. T. E. Green and Mrs. J. H. Wright, of Grays, Ga.; W. S. Smith, of Dodge, and Mrs. Helen Waters of Dodge. Mr. Smith had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church since he was a young man, and was ever attentive to his church duties and obligations. He was also a veteran of the civil war. He was a man of the highest integrity, who enjoyed the absolute confidence and friendship of his fellowmen, and his long life was filled with deeds of generosity and usefulness.