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Gorin-Smith was born in Campbellsville to the former Floye Minor (1917–2003) and David Heistand Mitchell (1919-1995). After Floye and David Mitchell divorced, Floye, a bookkeeper, in 1959 married Howard Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.com/wp/2003/04/23/floye-minor-smith/|title=Floye Minor Smith obituary|publisher=campbellsville.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> (1906–1972), the owner of the Taylor County Stockyards. David H. Mitchell as a 1941 graduate in [[economics]] from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He also attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he studied [[Japan|Japanese]]. His business career was with the Timken Company, which relocated him to [[Cincinnati]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. He was a veteran of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. Mitchell was a member of Mensa International and the American Numismatic Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079211512|title=David H. Mitchell obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

Gorin-Smith was born in Campbellsville to the former Floye Minor (1917–2003) and David Heistand Mitchell (1919-1995). After Floye and David Mitchell divorced, Floye, a bookkeeper, in 1959 married Howard Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.com/wp/2003/04/23/floye-minor-smith/|title=Floye Minor Smith obituary|publisher=campbellsville.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> (1906–1972), the owner of the Taylor County Stockyards. David H. Mitchell as a 1941 graduate in [[economics]] from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He also attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he studied [[Japan|Japanese]]. His business career was with the Timken Company, which relocated him to [[Cincinnati]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. He was a veteran of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. Mitchell was a member of Mensa International and the American Numismatic Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079211512|title=David H. Mitchell obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

Betty Jane Mitchell graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. She has also studied at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. She formerly taught history for some three decades at Taylor County High School and at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1987, she was a [[J. William Fulbright|Fulbright]] scholar in  the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/cvilliansum04.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents second Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|page=5|publisher=campbellsville.edu|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​

Betty Jane Mitchell graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. She has also studied at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. She formerly taught history for some three decades at Taylor County High School and at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1987, she was a [[J. William Fulbright|Fulbright]] scholar in  the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/cvilliansum04.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents second Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|page=5|publisher=campbellsville.edu|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​

Betty Jane Mitchell first married Donald L. Gorin (1940-2000), a Taylor County native and graduate of Campbellsville High School and [[Tennessee Tech University]] in Cookeville,  where he played [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He served in the Kentucky National Guard. He was a partner in the firm Blevins-Gorin Construction Company and a founder of Wholesale Hardwood Interiors. In 1990, Don Gorin was named "Kentucky Entrepreneur of the Year" by the accounting firm, [[Ernst & Young]]. The Gorins have a son, Mark Alan Gorin (born ca. 1965) and wife, Deborah, of Carmel, [[Indiana]], and a  daughter, Beth G. Cox (born ca. 1968) and husband Michael Todd Cox (born ca. 1966), of Hendersonville, Tennessee.<ref name=awards/><ref name=dgorin>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079896325|title=Don Gorin obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> Don Gorin also had a second son by a later marriage, Brandon Gorin, who resided in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], at the time of his father's death.<ref name=dgorin/>​

Betty Jane Mitchell first married Donald L. Gorin (1940-2000), a Taylor County native and graduate of Campbellsville High School and Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville,  where he played [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He served in the Kentucky National Guard. He was a partner in the firm Blevins-Gorin Construction Company and a founder of Wholesale Hardwood Interiors. In 1990, Don Gorin was named "Kentucky Entrepreneur of the Year" by the accounting firm, Ernst & Young. The Gorins have a son, Mark Alan Gorin (born ca. 1965) and wife, Deborah, of Carmel, [[Indiana]], and a  daughter, Beth G. Cox (born ca. 1968) and husband Michael Todd Cox (born ca. 1966), of Hendersonville, Tennessee.<ref name=awards/><ref name=dgorin>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079896325|title=Don Gorin obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> Don Gorin also had a second son by a later marriage, Brandon Gorin, who resided in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], at the time of his father's death.<ref name=dgorin/>​

After her divorce, Betty Gorin married Gordon E. Smith (born ca. 1928), an instructor in the English as a Second Language program at Campbellsville University,<ref name=awards/> and hence acquired her hyphenated name. Gordon Smith edited his wife's book on General Morgan, which is considered exceptionally well-researched.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Coming-Confederate-Heartland-Kentucky/dp/1564691349|title=Morgan Is Coming!|publisher=Harmony House Publishers|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​

After her divorce, Betty Gorin married Gordon E. Smith (born ca. 1928), an instructor in the English as a Second Language program at Campbellsville University,<ref name=awards/> and hence acquired her hyphenated name. Gordon Smith edited his wife's book on General Morgan, which is considered exceptionally well-researched.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Coming-Confederate-Heartland-Kentucky/dp/1564691349|title=Morgan Is Coming!|publisher=Harmony House Publishers|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​