Willie Cleveland Smith b. 4 Mar 1884 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Oct 1959 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Willie Cleveland Smith

1884 - 1959 (75 years)

Name	Willie Cleveland Smith [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Birth	4 Mar 1884	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [2, 3]
Census	1910	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [3, 9]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Military Draft Registration	1918	Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Draft Registration - World War I
Census	1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [3, 10]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence	Oct 1926	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [17]
	Will Smith
Census	1930	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [3, 8]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1940	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [11]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence	Dec 1943	Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA [18]
Census	1950	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [13]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Annie
Obituary	Oct 1959	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [6]
	Obituary for Willie Cleveland Smith (Aged 74) -- Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 31 Oct 1959 - Page 14
		Obituary-SMITH Willie C Obituary of WILLIE CLEVELAND SMITH -- Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 31 Oct 1959 - Page 14
FSID	L1JY-PQ4 [19]
Death	30 Oct 1959	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [3, 5, 6, 7]
Burial	Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [6, 7]
	Annie Ethel Shrader and Willie Cleveland Smith, buried together
		Burial-SMITH Annie and Willie Annie Ethel Shrader and Willie Cleveland Smith, buried together -- Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148464274/ willie https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120154827/ annie
		Resthaven Memorial Gardens (also known as Shrine of Memories Mausoleum and Chapel) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee Find a Grave: #2227289
Person ID	I26468	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Mack Ferrin 'MF' Smith, b. 4 Aug 1842, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Aug 1914, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elizabeth Martha 'Mattie' Brodie, b. 17 Apr 1846, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 20 May 1890 (Age 44 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	10 Oct 1872	Asbury Church, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	by Rev J. H. Gold
Marriage End	1890
	Death of Mattie
Family ID	F8534	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Annie Ethel Shrader, b. 6 Aug 1890, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 8 Jan 1968, Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years)

Marriage 25 Oct 1908 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [20, 21]

Marriage End Oct 1959 [6]

Death of Willie Smith

Children

	1. Bobby Earl Smith, b. 14 Jun 1932, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Mar 2003, Bolingbrook, Will, Illinois, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Lewis Ferrin Smith, b. 14 Nov 1909, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1970, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Jesse Henry Smith, b. 8 May 1913, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Aug 1990, Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Susie Madeline Smith, b. 30 Oct 1919, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Aug 2003, Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. William Duane Smith, b. 24 Nov 1929, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 7 May 1979, Midwest City Hospital, Midwest City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Catherine Beatrice Smith, b. Abt 1927, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 25 Jul 2003, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Mable Ethelyne Smith, b. 14 Feb 1911, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Nov 1998, Pleasant View, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Clinton Harry Smith, b. 2 May 1917, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 Jan 1960, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. James Whitfield 'Jimmy' Smith, b. 13 Jun 1924, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Dec 2005, Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Shrader Harlon Smith, b. 13 Apr 1922, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Apr 1988, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11590 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Mar 1884 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - 1900 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 25 Oct 1908 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1910 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - World War I - 1918 - Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - Will Smith - Oct 1926 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - Dec 1943 - Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Annie - 1950 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Obituary - Obituary for Willie Cleveland Smith (Aged 74) -- Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 31 Oct 1959 - Page 14 - Oct 1959 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 30 Oct 1959 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

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Biographies and Histories

Bio-SMITH Ethel and Willie (Descendants))
Annie Ethel Smith and Willie Cleveland Smith Grandchildren Directory

Burials

Burial-SMITH Annie and Willie
Annie Ethel Shrader and Willie Cleveland Smith, buried together -- Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148464274/ willie https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120154827/ annie

Obituaries		Obituary-SMITH Gus H Obituary of GUS HENRY SMITH • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 02 Oct 1926, Sat • Page 3
Obituaries		Obituary-SMITH Willie C Obituary of WILLIE CLEVELAND SMITH -- Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 31 Oct 1959 - Page 14

People		SMITH-Annie and Willie (family) Annie Ethel Shrader and Willie Cleveland Smith with their family
People		SMITH-Annie Willie Smith Annie Ethel Shrader (1890-1968) and Willie Cleveland Smith (1884-1959)

Sources

[S2195] Ancestry.com, Web: Montgomery County, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1868-1954, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;).
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1590; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 27; FHL microfilm: 1241590.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1590; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 27; FHL microfilm: 1241590.
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
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[S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958.

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958
[S896] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Willie Smith • Nashville Tennessean - Oct 1959, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 31 Oct 1959;), Obituary of Willie Cleveland Smith.
Willie Cleveland Smith, 74 died yesterday morning at his home, 31-C Summitt Heights, after an illness of two weeks.
Funeral services will be at 2pm Sunday at Madison Street Church of Christ. JO Jones and FP Taylor will officiate, and burial will be in Rest Haven Gardens.
Mr Smith was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, son of the lateMcFern and Mattie Smith. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs Annie Shrader Smith; seven sons, Lewis F Smith, Cedar Hill, Tenn, Jesse H, Clinton H, Harlons, JW, William D, and Robert E Smith, all of Clarksville; three daughters, Mrs Bracy Bryant, Clarkesville, Mrs John Parker, Needmore Community, Mrs Sam Shemwell; Clarksville; two half brothers, McFern Smith, Nashville, Lurton Smith, Knoxville; a half sister, Mrs AB Vaughn, Clarksville; 32 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/111652140/?article=6ac1426e-65d3-49bf-8b43-837b206577fe&focus=0.6143216,0.16625413,0.7363728,0.3142058

Obituary-SMITH Willie C
Obituary of WILLIE CLEVELAND SMITH -- Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 31 Oct 1959 - Page 14
[S7877] Find a Grave: SMITH Willie C 1884-1959, Willie Cleveland Smith.
- BIRTH 4 Mar 1885, Montgomery County, Tennessee - DEATH 1959 (aged 73–74) Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee - BURIAL: Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee - MEMORIAL 148464274
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148464274/willie-cleveland-smith
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 2265; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0005; Image: 481.0; FHL microfilm: 2341999.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 2265; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0005; Image: 481.0; FHL microfilm: 2341999
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375526.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375526
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 502.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 502.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3923; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63-3.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3923; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63-3
[S1279] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;).

Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clarksville, Montgom.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clarksville, Montgom

[S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;).
[S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Montgomery County.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Montgomery County
[S897] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Annie Ethel Smith • Clarksville Leaf- Chronicle - Jan 1968, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 8 Jan 1968;), Annie Ethel Shrader Smith Obituary.
Mrs Annie Shrader Smith, 76, died suddenly today at 12:30 am in Clarksville Memorial Hospital. She was a resident of 33-A Summit Heights. Funeral services will be conducted, at 2 pm Wednesday at McReynolds Chapel by Hugh Fulford and Charles McDonald, ministers. Burial will be In Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs Smith was born In Christian County KY, August 6, 1891, daughter of the late John and Susie Hester Shrader. Her husband, Willie C Smith, died in 1959. Survivors are six sons, Lewis, Cedar Hill; Jesse, Harlon, and James, all of Clarksville; Dewane, Joliet IL; Robert Smith, Lockport IL; three daughters, Mrs Mabel Bryant, and Mrs Catherine Shemwell, both of Clarksville; Mrs Susie Parker, Gunnersville AL; four sisters, Mrs Vester Smith, Clarksville; Mrs Johnny Smith and Mrs Myrtle Smith, both of Woodlawn; Mrs Virble Kennedy, Evansville IN; 34 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren. She was a member of the Madison Street Church of Christ. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
• The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jan 1968, Mon • Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50135307/obituary-for-annie-shrader-smith-aged/?xid=637

Obituary-SMITH Annie (Shrader)
Obituary of ANNIE ETHEL SHRADER SMITH • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jan 1968, Mon • Page 2
[S2141] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Gus Smith • Nashville Tennessean - 1926, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee;), Gus Henry Smith Obituary.
A 12 weeks' illness of paralysls caused the death Wednesday of Gus Smith, 44, farmer of the Indian Mound, in Stewart county, who was buried In the family cemetery Friday.
He was a native of Montgomery county and was a brother of Harry Smith, deputy county court clerk. Mr. Smith was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mack Smith.
Surviving are his widow who was Mis Viola Bryant; two sons, Vernle of Indian Mound, and another, nine-year-old; six brothers, Lurton Smith, Miami Fla.; Allen Smith, Dickson, Harry, Clarksville: Walter and Will Smith, Stewart county; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Bryant, Mrs. Emma Bryant and Mrs. A. Vaughan, all of Indian Mound. Mr. Smith was a member of the Methodist church and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/178857754/?article=4c149496-a151-4be0-8167-2350a32775b4&focus=0.2719685,0.26203635,0.38950068,0.38479796&xid=3355

Obituary-SMITH Gus H
Obituary of GUS HENRY SMITH • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 02 Oct 1926, Sat • Page 3
[S2138] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Blanche Smith • Miami News - 16 Dec 1943 - Page 11, (Name: The Miami News; Location: Miami, Florida; Date: 16 Dec 1943;), Blanche Payne Allen Smith -- 16 Dec 1943.
Mrs. Blanche Smith, 87, died Wednesday night at the residence of her son, Joe T. Allen, 30 Canal St., Miami Springs. She arrived in Miami an hour before from Clarksville, Tenn.

She had spent the past three winters here. She is survived by six other sons. James B. Allen, Biloxi, Miss.; Frank B. Allen, Cheatham county, Tennessee; Harry M. Smith, Clarksville; Mack Ferin Smith and Allen Smith Nashville: Lurtin E. Smith, Knoxville; a daughter, Mrs. Amber L. Vaughn, Clarksville; two brothers. Earnest Payne, Robertson county, Tennessee, and Robert Payne. Clarksville.

The body will be sent to Clarksville by the Joseph P. McGhan home for services and burial.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21887051/the_miami_news/?xid=637

Obituary-SMITH Blanche (Payne)
Obituary of MRS BLANCHE PAYNE GILBERT ALLEN SMITH -- Newspapers.com - The Leaf-Chronicle - 17 Dec 1943 - Page 1
[S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 September 2023, 05:09), entry for William Cleveland Smith (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L1JY-PQ4 ); contributed by various users.
https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L1JY-PQ4
[S4252] New, Kay Parker, Grandchildren Directory of Annie and Willie Smith, (Location: Huntsville AL; Date: 2020;), Annie Ethel Shrader and Willie Cleveland Smith Grandchildren Directory - Email dated 20 April 2020 from Kay Parker New listing the living grandchildren of Ethel and Willie Smith.

Bio-SMITH Ethel and Willie (Descendants))
Annie Ethel Smith and Willie Cleveland Smith Grandchildren Directory
[S2112] Find a Grave: SHRADER Annie Smith 1892-1968, Annie Ethel Shrader Smith.
BIRTH: 6 Aug 1892, Trigg County, Kentucky
DEATH 8 Jan 1968 (aged 75) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee
BURIAL: Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee USA
MEMORIAL ID: 120154827

______________________________________________________
Annie Ethel (Shrader) Smith was born on August 6, 1892 in Trigg County, Kentucky.

She was married on October 25, 1908 in Montgomery County, Tennessee to William Cleveland "Willie" Smith (1885–1959), the son of Mack Ferrin Smith (1842-1914) and Elizabeth Martha "Mattie" (Brodie) Smith (ca 1847-1890).

Living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Annie was 75 years old and a widow when she passed away on January 8, 1968. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120154827/annie-ethel-smith

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