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Descendants of J. Smith

Generation No. 4

6. OWEN MCNEIL⁴ SMITH, SR. (THOMAS MCDUFFIE³, WILLIAM GASTEN², J.¹) was born August 11, 1920 in Macon Co., Alabama, and died January 13, 1980 in Ashland City, Cheatham Co., Tennessee. He married (1) DIRIS MAE CAHELA Private, daughter of WALTER CAHELA and MINNIE MILLER. She was born Private. He married (2) MAGALENE ??? Private. She was born Private.

Notes for OWEN MCNEIL SMITH, SR.:
Place of entry during service - Ft. McClellan, Alabama

Owens birth name was Owen McNeesey Smith. He legally changed his name prior to enlisting in the military.

More About OWEN MCNEIL SMITH, SR.:
Burial: Unknown, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Gum Pound, Morgan Co., Alabama
Military discharge date: February 27, 1946, Ft. Dix, NJ Separation Center
Military service: SGT U.S. Army World War II - 34-580-707 - Battery C 24 3rd Field Artillery Battalion ²¹
Social Security Number: 530-10-8732

Children of OWEN SMITH and DIRIS CAHELA are:

10.	i.		REV. OWEN MCNEIL⁵ SMITH, JR., b. Private.
11.	ii.		RICHARD WAYNE SMITH, b. Private.

7. JACK H.⁴ SMITH (THOMAS MCDUFFIE³, WILLIAM GASTEN², J.¹) was born Private. He married MARY FRANCES BAILEY Private, daughter of ARLEE BAILEY and ALICE ???. She was born Private.

Children of JACK SMITH and MARY BAILEY are:

12.	i.	LARRY JOE⁵ SMITH, b. Private.
13.	ii.	BOBBIE JEAN SMITH, b. Private.
14.	iii.	GARY AUSTIN SMITH, b. Private.

8. NELL⁴ SMITH (THOMAS MCDUFFIE³, WILLIAM GASTEN², J.¹) was born Private. She married CEPHAS L. RAY Private. He was born Private.

Children of NELL SMITH and CEPHAS RAY are:

	i.		JERRY⁵ RAY, b. Private.
	ii.		SANDI RAY, b. Private.
	iii.		LYNN RAY, b. Private.

9. TOMMIE JANE⁴ SMITH (THOMAS MCDUFFIE³, WILLIAM GASTEN², J.¹) was born June 26, 1924 in Auburn, Lee Co., Alabama, and died February 09, 2001 in Memphis, Tennessee. She married JAMES EMANUEL PONTER August 29, 1945 in Morgan Co., Alabama ²², son of EMANUEL PONTER and CARRIE ALLISON. He was born December 26, 1921 in Eva, Morgan Co., Alabama, and died June 26, 1983 in Hartselle, Morgan Co., Alabama ²³.

Notes for TOMMIE JANE SMITH:
(Obituary published in The Decatur Daily, February 10, 2001 (Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama):
Tommie Jane Smith Ponter
76, nursing director
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Tommie Jane Smith Ponter, 76, of Decatur will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Sherman Bailey officiating.
Burial will be in Bethel Methodist Cemetery near Eva. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Ponter died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, at Regional Medical Center in Memphis. She was born June 26, 1924, in Shelby County, Tenn., to Thomas McDuffie Smith and Martha Jane Smith Craig. A Falkville resident for 38 years, she received a nursing degree from Calhoun Community College, was nursing director at Falkville Nursing Home until 1999 and was a member of Piney Grove Christian Church.
Survivors include two sons, James Craig Ponter of Decatur and Michael Peck Ponter of Deland, Fla.; two daughters, Diane Ponter Butler of Memphis and Karen Marie Murphy of Danville; one brother, Jack Smith of Gum Pond; one sister, Nell Ray of Birmingham; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Michael Ponter, Lynn Ray, Larry Joe Smith, Gary Smith, King Butler, Jerry Ray and Cephas Ray.

More About TOMMIE JANE SMITH:
Burial: February 11, 2001, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Gum Pound, Morgan Co., Alabama
Obituary Published: February 10, 2001, The Decatur Daily, Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama

Notes for JAMES EMANUEL PONTER:
US Army - World War II

James E. Ponter
Published in The Decatur Daily, June 28, 1993, (Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama)
HARTSELLE - Funeral for James Emmanuel Ponter, 71, Route 3 Falkville will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. David Hooks officiating.
Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery near Eva. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Ponter died Saturday at Hartselle Medical Center. He was born Dec. 26, 1921, in Morgan County. He served in World War II in the Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry, U.S. Army.
He is survived by his wife, Tommie Jane Ponter; two sons, James Craig Ponter of Decatur and Michael P. Ponter of Dunnellon, Fla.; two daughters, Diane Ponter Butler of Memphis and Karen Ponter Murphy of Dickson, Tenn.; one brother, Tony P. Ponter; one sister, Vista Ponter Setters of Whites Creek, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Randy Ponter, Larry Smith, Jerry Ray, John E. Setters, Dwight E. Eden and Ron Brooks.

More About JAMES EMANUEL PONTER:
Burial: June 28, 1983, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Gum Pound, Morgan Co., Alabama
Military service: World War II, Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry, U.S. Army
Obituary Published: June 28, 1993, The Decatur Daily, Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama

Children of TOMMIE SMITH and JAMES PONTER are:

15.	i.	JAMES CRAIG⁵ PONTER, b. Private.
	ii.	MICHAEL PECK PONTER, b. Private; m. LINDA EDEN, Private; b. Private.
16.	iii.	KAREN MARIE PONTER, b. Private.
17.	iv.	JIMMIE DIANE PONTER, b. Private.

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