Born in Smith County, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Columbus Christopher Driver
and Frances Etta (Neal) Driver
Sister of
Maggie May (Driver) Burroughs, John Ervin Driver, Ida Driver, Neda Mae Driver, Carl Driver, Willie Dinah (Driver) Tomlinson, Haskel Huston Driver [half], Webb Allen Driver [half], Columbus Albert Driver [half], Sarah (Driver) Hall [half] and Bessie Mai (Driver) Lampley [half]
Wife of
Ewen Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 91
in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Note
- Obituary has sister Dinah mispelled as Diane
- Tombstone reads 1897, SSDI is 1898 I have gone with 1897 until further evidence other then SSDI can be found.
Biography
The early years
Ora M Driver was born in Smith, Tennessee on the 17th of Feb 1897 to Columbus Driver and Frances Neal.
Family LIfe
She would marry Ewen Lee Smith and it is not believed they had children.
Through the years
In 1910[1]
In 1920[2]
In 1930[3]
Death
She died on the 29th of May 1988[4] in Davdison, Tennessee and would be buried in the Mount Juliet Memorial Gardens in Mount Juliet Tennessee[5]
SMITH, MRS. ORA M[6]
May 19, 1988. Survived by sisters, Diane Tomlinson, Lebanon, Anita Belcher, St. Albans, W. VA.; brother, Carl Driver, Nashville; half sister, Sarah Hall, N.C.; half brother, Haskell driver, Knoxville. She was a member of Buena Vista Chapter No. 75 O.E.S. and past Worthy Grand Matron. Remains are at the Eastland Funeral Home where details of arrangements will be announced. Eastland Funeral Home, 904 Gallatin Road, 227-9558.
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 3, Smith, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1521; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0118; FHL microfilm: 1375534
- ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 1, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1771; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 139
- ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: District 1, Wilson, Tennessee; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2342020
- ↑ SSDI 409562806
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92378811Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2020), memorial page for Ora L. Driver Smith (17 Feb 1897–29 May 1988), Find a Grave Memorial no. 92378811, citing Mount Juliet Memorial Gardens, Mount Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by MN (contributor 46859205) .
- ↑ The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee 30 May 1988, Mon • Page 31 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65292861/obituary-for-ora-m-smith/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ora:
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