| | Smith was a member of the American Academy of Political Science, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honor society, and the Phi Delta Kappa educators association. He was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a member of the Masonic lodge. In 1927, Smith penned ''Training of High School Teachers in Louisiana.'' He was a [[golf]]er with interests also in bridge playing, [[football]], and reading.<ref name=lahist/> | | Smith was a member of the American Academy of Political Science, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honor society, and the Phi Delta Kappa educators association. He was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a member of the Masonic lodge. In 1927, Smith penned ''Training of High School Teachers in Louisiana.'' He was a [[golf]]er with interests also in bridge playing, [[football]], and reading.<ref name=lahist/> |
| − | Smith died at the age of sixty of a heart attack at Angola, Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for its sketch of Smith: Albert Nelson Marquis, ''Who's Who in America, 1932-1933'' (1932), XVII; [Harnett T. Kane, ''Huey Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship, 1928-1940'' (1941); T. Harry Williams, ''Huey Long'' (1969); the since defunct ''Baton Rouge State-Times,'' obituary published on May 27, 1949; ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune],'' May 28, 1949.</ref> | + | Smith died at the age of sixty of a heart attack at Angola, Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses these sources for its sketch of Smith: Albert Nelson Marquis, ''Who's Who in America, 1932-1933'' (1932), XVII; Harnett T. Kane, ''Huey Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship, 1928-1940'' (1941); T. Harry Williams, ''Huey Long'' (1969); the since defunct ''Baton Rouge State-Times,'' Smith obituary published on May 27, 1949; ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' May 28, 1949.</ref> |