Oral history with Mrs. P. E. (Katie) Smith

              Oral history with Mrs. P. E. " Katie" Smith, 1996 Feb. 29
F341.5 . M57 vol. 660
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Biography
Mrs. Katie Arnold Smith was born on October 16, 1905, in Ellisville, Mississippi. She attended public schools in Jones County, graduating from the Jones County Agricultural High School. After high school, she studied music, earning a bachelor's degree from Judson College in Marion, Alabama, and continuing her music training at the Jacques Malkin Conservatory in New York City and at the Cincinnati Conservatory. She taught music for six years, four years at Judson College and two years at Mississippi State Teachers College ( now the University of Southern Mississippi).
On June 11, 1933, Smith married Dr. Prentiss Edward Smith, a general surgeon. The couple had two children, a son, who is a cardiovascular surgeon, and a daughter, who is an anesthesiologist. Both practice in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Smith has been involved in many community activities and belonged to numerous clubs. During World War II she worked at the Hattiesburg blood bank and gave musical performances at Camp Shelby and in Hattiesburg. For many years, she performed with Mississippi Southern College's orchestra in its annual performance of the Messiah.
Smith is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames of America, the Jamestown Society, and the Huguenot Society. She was a charter member of the Hattiesburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which was later renamed for Nathan Bedford Forrest. At one time Smith was also a member of the two literary clubs, the Pine Book Club and the Fortnightly Club and the Hattiesburg Music Club.
Table of Contents
I. Background, family, education
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