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Floyd Smith's maternal uncle, named "Huey P. Long" (August 30, 1929 &ndash; June 14, 2004),<ref name=ssdi/> was only three years Smith's senior.  Smith's paternal grandfather, W. W. Smith, was a [[cattle]]man in Rapides Parish who once operated a slaughterhouse.<ref name=genealogy/>  

Floyd Smith's maternal uncle, named "Huey P. Long" (August 30, 1929 &ndash; June 14, 2004),<ref name=ssdi/> was only three years Smith's senior.  Smith's paternal grandfather, W. W. Smith, was a [[cattle]]man in Rapides Parish who once operated a slaughterhouse.<ref name=genealogy/>  

   

   

In 1950, Smith graduated from Winnfield Senior High School in Winnfield. He was the president of both his junior and senior classes. One of his classmates, later State Representative Jimmy D. Long  of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], was another cousin. Smith said that the two once got into a [[boxing]] competition. Smith was a paternal Smith and a maternal Long, and Jimmy Long was a paternal Long and a maternal Smith, whose mother was the former Ruby Smith (1906–1984). Ruby Smith Long was a sister of another former state representative, the late P. K. Smith of Winnfield, and the aunt of State Senator James Michael "Mike" Smith, also of Winnfield.<ref name=genealogy/>

In 1950, Smith graduated from Winnfield Senior High School in Winnfield. He was the president of both his junior and senior classes. One of his classmates, later State Representative Jimmy D. Long  of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], was another cousin. Smith said that the two once got into a [[boxing]] competition. Smith was a paternal Smith and a maternal Long, and Jimmy Long was a paternal Long and a maternal Smith, whose mother was the former Ruby Smith (1906–1984). Ruby Smith Long was a sister of another former state representative, the late [[P. K. Smith]] of Winnfield, and the aunt of State Senator James Michael "Mike" Smith, also of Winnfield.<ref name=genealogy/>

==Political career==

==Political career==