Spouse & Children

Irvin Register Smothers Hubert O. Smothers (1905-1974) Buford Lee Smothers (1907-1984) Viva May Smothers (1909-1982) La Floyd Smothers (1912-2002) Ava Florence Smothers (1914-2001) Thomas Green Smothers (1920-1962) Fred Register Smothers (1922-2002)

Brothers & Sisters

Sara E. Kee (1865-) Mary E. (Polly) Kee (1868-) Easter Kee (1870-) Daniel Jackson Kee (1872-1950) John Allen Kee (1874-1941) Amanuel Luther Kee (1875-1964) Albert Arthur Kee (1883-1959) Mattie Kee (1886-1971)

Mrs. Nora Smothers. 54, Succumbs In Hospital

Mrs Nora Smother wife of I. R. Smother of Steele, died at Southeast Missouri hospital in Cape Girardeau last Thurday Morning. She was taken to the hospital Oct. 15, and underwent an operation for removal of a goitre. The body was taken from Cape Girardeau to Benton County, Tennessee for funeral services and burial. Mrs Smothers was born Oct. 6 1881 in the Tennessee county and spent all of her life but the past three years there. The family moved to near Steele in 1932. She was married to Mr. Smothers 34 years ago, and seven children all of whom are living, were born to the union. The survivors are five sons, Herbert Smother, of Orlando. Fla.; Lee Smothers, of Carroll County, Tenn.: Floyd, Thomas and Fred, at home; two daughters. Mrs. Hershell Arnold, of Benton County. Tenn., and Ava at home: one sister, Mrs. Hattie Baker. and two brothers. Luther and Arthur Kee, all of Camden Tennessee.²

Sources:

1. Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
2. The Steele Enterprise Steele, Missouri 31 Oct 1935, Thu 8