This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smoak/Smoke/Strickland/Fender Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1333.2 Message Board Post: Edward, I see where Hattie R. Fender Strickland is buried at Smoaks Baptist Church, Smoaks, S.C. along side her husband Julius Strickland. On her tombstone the dates read Nov. 30, 1871-June 26, 1948 and her husband reads Oct. 8, 1870-Apri 23, 1935. There is a Jacob Hampton Fender born August 26, 1876-died August 5, 1950, is wife was a Nellie Carter. Do you know who her parents where? If not have you tried getting a death certi. from the State of South Carolina. I was raised in Smoaks. My maiden name was Smoak. My family ancestor married into the Fenders and the Strickland. You can e-mail me at jimjodirt@aol.com