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==Background==

==Background==

Smith was born in the community about Driskill Mountain, which at 525 feet in elevation is the tallest point in Louisiana. His parents were Jesse Smith, Sr., and the former Maxine Crawford.<ref name=obit/> He and his younger brother, Ray Dean Smith (1936-2008), who was mayor of Arcadia from 1976 to 1994,<ref name=ghilburn/> played as children in the red clay dirt of the rolling hill country of north Louisiana during a time when things seemed so much simpler. In 1946, the Smiths moved to Arcadia, where he graduated in 1953 from Arcadia High School. That same year, he wed the former Billie Nichols, who survives him. He was drafted into the [[United States Army]], and in 1954 the couple had their first child, Milton Eugene Smith, while Smith was stationed at [[Fort Dix]], [[New Jersey]]. The Smiths returned to Arcadia in 1955; he opened the former Smith Grocery Store and attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Their second child, Sheri Ann Smith Taylor, was born in 1959 in Arcadia. They have four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Smith was an accountant for H. R. Hayes Lumber Company in Arcadia and worked for Firestone in both Arcadia and [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], and later returned to work for H. R. Hayes at its [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] location.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-smith&pid=188863276&fhid=10236|title=Eugene Smith, Jr.'s Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 28, 2018}}</ref>

Smith was born in the community about Driskill Mountain, which at 525 feet in elevation is the tallest point in Louisiana. His parents were Jesse Smith, Sr., and the former Maxine Crawford.<ref name=obit/> He and his younger brother, Ray Dean Smith (1936-2008), who was mayor of Arcadia from 1976 to 1994,<ref name=ghilburn/> played as children in the red clay dirt of the rolling hill country of north Louisiana during a time when things seemed so much simpler. In 1946, the Smiths moved to Arcadia, where he graduated in 1953 from Arcadia High School. That same year, he wed the former Billie Nichols, who survives him. He was drafted into the [[United States Army]], and in 1954 the couple had their first child, Milton Eugene Smith, while Smith was stationed at Fort Dix, [[New Jersey]]. The Smiths returned to Arcadia in 1955; he opened the former Smith Grocery Store and attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Their second child, Sheri Ann Smith Taylor, was born in 1959 in Arcadia. They have four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Smith was an accountant for H. R. Hayes Lumber Company in Arcadia and worked for Firestone in both Arcadia and [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], and later returned to work for H. R. Hayes at its [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] location.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-smith&pid=188863276&fhid=10236|title=Eugene Smith, Jr.'s Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Government service==

==Government service==