Born in Almond, Swain, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Baxter Smiley
and Eliza Caroline (Coxey) Smiley
Sister of
Gracie Mae (Smiley) Welch, Horace McKinley Smiley, Lula Elizabeth (Smiley) Bates, John Edgar Smiley, Ruth (Smiley) Thurley and Paul Vincent Smiley
Wife of
George L. Moffitt
— married
18 Sep 1926 (to about 1940) in Haywood, North Carolina, United States
Wife of
Layton Wilkerson Holcombe
— married
after 8 Jul 1939 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 48
in Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2022
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Biography
Merlie (Smiley) Holcombe was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.
Merlie was born in 1909.[1] She was the daughter of Samuel Smiley and Eliza Coxey. She passed away in 1957.[2]
Research Notes
Although her last name was "Holcombe" at the time of her death, there is no record of her marriage to Layton Wilkerson Holcombe otherwise. Need sources here.
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRQX-1VPZ : 12 February 2020), Merlie Gay Smiley, 1909.
- ↑ "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H48F-5KMM : 14 February 2020), Merlie Gay Holcombe, 1957.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVL-WGG1 : 6 August 2020), Merlie Gay Smiley Holcombe, ; Burial, Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States of America, Sawmill Hill Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 20762883, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28T-THRC : 22 July 2021), Geo L Moffitt and Merlie Smiley, 18 Sep 1926; citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,629.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merlie 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 Merlie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merlie 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 Merlie:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Karen Burchard 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Kay Franklin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Ray De Hart :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kaye (Davis) Stover :
MyHeritage DNA
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