At one time she had been married to William Frederick 'Fred' Smith, he died in 1986 in Arkansas and is buried in Heber Springs, AR.
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From the time of the organization of the county library, she was an ardent booster. In 1939, she was appointed to the Union County Library's first Board of Trustees, of which she was elected president, holding that office until 1943, when she resigned as trustee. Following that resignation, she was elected librarian, a position which she held until her retirement at the end of 1964. Long an active member of the New Century Club, she also served as a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church. At that church, she organized the existing church library and uncatalogued its books. She was an avid Indian lore researcher (particularly of this area), an accomplished genealogist, and the author of a pamphlet about New Albany at the time it was burned during the Civil War. In 1965, the library officially became the Jennie Stephens Smith Library, in recognition of Mrs. Smith's long and faithful service as a booster, trustee, and librarian.
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From the time of the organization of the county library, she was an ardent booster. In 1939, she was appointed to the Union County Library's first Board of Trustees, of which she was elected president, holding that office until 1943, when she resigned as trustee. Following that resignation, she was elected librarian, a position which she held until her retirement at the end of 1964. Long an active member of the New Century Club, she also served as a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church. At that church, she organized the existing church library and uncatalogued its books. She was an avid Indian lore researcher (particularly of this area), an accomplished genealogist, and the author of a pamphlet about New Albany at the time it was burned during the Civil War. In 1965, the library officially became the Jennie Stephens Smith Library, in recognition of Mrs. Smith's long and faithful service as a booster, trustee, and librarian.
At one time she had been married to William Frederick 'Fred' Smith, he died in 1986 in Arkansas and is buried in Heber Springs, AR.
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From the time of the organization of the county library, she was an ardent booster. In 1939, she was appointed to the Union County Library's first Board of Trustees, of which she was elected president, holding that office until 1943, when she resigned as trustee. Following that resignation, she was elected librarian, a position which she held until her retirement at the end of 1964. Long an active member of the New Century Club, she also served as a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church. At that church, she organized the existing church library and uncatalogued its books. She was an avid Indian lore researcher (particularly of this area), an accomplished genealogist, and the author of a pamphlet about New Albany at the time it was burned during the Civil War. In 1965, the library officially became the Jennie Stephens Smith Library, in recognition of Mrs. Smith's long and faithful service as a booster, trustee, and librarian.
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From the time of the organization of the county library, she was an ardent booster. In 1939, she was appointed to the Union County Library's first Board of Trustees, of which she was elected president, holding that office until 1943, when she resigned as trustee. Following that resignation, she was elected librarian, a position which she held until her retirement at the end of 1964. Long an active member of the New Century Club, she also served as a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church. At that church, she organized the existing church library and uncatalogued its books. She was an avid Indian lore researcher (particularly of this area), an accomplished genealogist, and the author of a pamphlet about New Albany at the time it was burned during the Civil War. In 1965, the library officially became the Jennie Stephens Smith Library, in recognition of Mrs. Smith's long and faithful service as a booster, trustee, and librarian.
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