Mr. J. Lawrence Smith, Confederate veteran and prominent citizen of the county, died at his home on the Duke road Saturday and was buried at old Sardis burying ground Sunday afternoon. The funeral attended by a large throng and the floral tributes were many and beautiful.
Mr. Smith was in his 78th year and was the last of his generation of a large and influential family connection. He was a son of William T. and Mary Campbell Smith of Smithville, Cumberland county, having been born on his father’s plantation on the Cape Fear river January 28, 1945. His education was interrupted by the War Between the States. As a mere boy he joined the army of Virginia, participating in some of the hardest fought battles of the war. He bore patiently the depressions after the war, and marked the development of the last years with keenest interest. He was a member and at one time commander of Daniel McDougald camp No. 1662 U.C.V., which has headquarters in Lillington.
Mr. Smith was one of the best citizens, a devoted churchman, having for nearly 50 years been an officer in Sardis Presbyterian church.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Winifred Williams of Cumberland county; three sons, William T. Smith and Isaac W. Smith, two of Harnett’s prominent young men, and J. Lawrence Smith of Portsmouth, Va.
From the front page of The Harnett County News, Lillington, N.C., April 26, 1923
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