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An [[Episcopalian]], Smith graduated from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. On his release from the military in April 1946, Smith was first employed at ''The Town Talk.'' He married the former Jane Wilson (1922–1992), a Bolton classmate[8] whose family owned the newspaper. The couple had one son, Larry Dorsey Smith (born 1947), a business management graduate of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and a retired Air Force officer who resides with his wife, Brenda Smith, in [[Austin]], Texas.
An [[Episcopalian]], Smith graduated from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. On his release from the military in April 1946, Smith was first employed at ''The Town Talk.'' He married the former Jane Wilson (1922–1992), a Bolton classmate[8] whose family owned the newspaper. The couple had one son, Larry Dorsey Smith (born 1947), a business management graduate of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and a retired Air Force officer who resides with his wife, Brenda Smith, in [[Austin]], Texas.
After Jane's death, Smith married Bertie Murphy Deming (born December 26, 1925),[9] the widow of his long-time friend, physician John W. Deming, Sr. (May 17, 1920 – November 5, 1996),[10] a former member of the Rapides Parish School Board, based in Alexandria. With the second marriage came four stepchildren, John W. Deming, Jr., of Palo Alto, [[California]], Claiborne P. Deming of El Dorado, [[Arkansas]], Bertie Deming Heiner of Charlottesville, [[Virginia]], and Cathy Deming Pierson of New Orleans.[11]
After Jane's death, Smith married Bertie Murphy Deming (born December 26, 1925),[9] the widow of his long-time friend, physician John W. Deming, Sr. (May 17, 1920 – November 5, 1996),[10] a former member of the Rapides Parish School Board, based in Alexandria. With the second marriage came four stepchildren, John W. Deming, Jr., of Palo Alto, [[California]], Claiborne P. Deming of El Dorado, [[Arkansas]], Bertie Deming Heiner of Charlottesville, [[Virginia]], and Cathy Deming Pierson of New Orleans.[11]
==Smith as publisher==
==Smith as publisher==