From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Theodore G. Smith, WWII Air Force Veteran and Native of Ringgold, Louisiana

This obituary is one of approximately 175 newspaper clippings saved by Marguerite Cook Clark, her mother, and her daughters. [1] According to the Find a Grave website, the parents of Theodore Green Smith were Uriah Green Smith and Verna Estelle Rockett Smith. He is buried in section 25, site 758 in Arlington National Cemetery. [2] A picture of his headstone can be seen at the Arlington National Cemetery's app, ANC Explorer. Click here to view it on the web app.[3]  

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    1. "Theodore G. Smith [obituary]," newspaper clipping, n.d., unidentified newspaper, from the privately-held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Obituaries were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

    2. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49318630/theodore-green-smith : accessed 08 November 2021), memorial page for Theodore Green “Theo” Smith (5 Dec 1917–30 Sep 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49318630, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia. Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).

    3. Arlington National Cemetery, ANC Explorer , database and images (https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/ : accessed 08 November 2021), headstone image page for Theodore G. Smith (5 Dec 1917–30 Sep 1964).