ID:

5.4s
Name:

VENNIE SMITH32,4
Sex:

F
Birth:

01 Jan 1875 in Camden, Benton Co., TN4,10,3
Death:

02 Nov 1966 in Hot Springs, AR10,3,12
Burial:

Linwood Cemetery, Paragould, Greene Co., AR3
Census:
  • 1910 Greene Co., AR, Salem, p. 231, 20 Apr 1910, family 62
  • 1920 Greene Co., AR, Crowley, p. 136, 13 & 14 Jan 1920, family 55
  • 1930 Woodruff Co., AR, DeView, p. 276, 19 Apr 1930, family 213
Notes:

Born 2:  01 Jan 187612

Social Security Number: 429-68-308412

SSN issued: Arkansas12

 

From the North Arkansas Conference Journal, 1967:

Mrs. Alonzo McKelvey

1877-1966

Mrs. Alonzo McKelvey was the tenth of eleven children born to Simpson and Mary Ellen Smith at Camden, Tennessee.  She was born Vennie Smith, January 1, 1877.  All the other children preceded her in death.  She was married to Reverend Alonzo McKelvey, November 5, 1893, in the Camp Ground Methodist Church a few miles north of Paragould.  To this union were born three children, James Printice and Winnie Ellen who died in infancy, and later Ruth who is now Mrs. Ruth Nimnicht of Hot Springs.
During the life of Brother McKelvey, Mrs. McKelvey served well as a pastor's wife.  She was faithful and helped in every way that she could.  She had great will power and was able to face trouble and to press forward to victory.  her faith never weakened or faltered.  She always felt that God could help her through the problems to a right solution.
Mrs. McKelvey opened her home to several children who needed a home and love.  Surely such are the ones who were included in the words of Jesus, "In that you have done it unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto me."  Such labors of love gained the confidence of friends and neighbors.
After her husband's death, Mrs. McKelvey moved to the farm and operted it until failing health caused her to retire.  She then moved to Hot Springs where she lived with her daughter from 1946 until her death November 2, 1966.
Laid to rest beside her husband in Linwood Cemetery at Paragould, she leaves to remember her life one daughter, two grandsons and nine great-grandchildren.
M.L. Edginton
Father:

SIMPSON SMITH
Mother:

MARY ELLEN UNKNOWN
Marriage: 

ALONZO McKELVEY, b. 11 Sep 1871 in Camden, Benton Co., TN; 24 Nov 1936
   Married: 

05 Nov 1893 in Camp Ground Methodist Church, Greene Co., AR10,5

Children:
  1. JAMES PRENTICE McKELVEY, d. (in infancy).
  2. WINNIE ELLEN McKELVEY, b. 05 Nov 1903; d. 08 Aug 1904.
  3. RUTH McKELVEY, b. 04 Sep 1905 in Greene Co., AR; d. Mar 1992.

Sources: 
3. Gravestone.  McKELVEY-ARGre047
4. Census
5. Marriage Record.  Bk 4, p. 270.  McKELVEY-ARGre001
10. Obituary from the North Arkansas Conference Journal, 1967
12. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008, Online publication - Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
32. Jena Green Hopwood.  The Swineherders.