 Birth | May 21, 1931 30 27 |
 Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 10 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 18 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Emma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin April 2, 1958 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | Sarah Virginia Glenn — View this family about 1960 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. February 19, 1971 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 14 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Ollie G Love January 24, 1993 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Price Smith Jr June 1, 1998 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Virginia Glenn August 10, 2003 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | October 25, 2006 (Age 75 years) |