Larry Franklin Smith was born to Francis Ann Louise Moore (1920-1986) and Benjamine Franklin Smith (1910-1992) on May 14, 1940 in Lawrence, Ohio, USA. Larry had three sisters inlcuding Betty Jane (Smith) Burgess who was born in Huntington, West Virginia in 1942 and died in Proctorville, Ohio.
Larry was married three times. He married Gloria Jean Stevenson in Cabell, West Virginia in 1960, in 1968 he married Rosalee Shaffer, and he married Barbara Lynn Carter in Brevard, Florida on September 7, 1985. He was father to two children (from different marriages), Robert Franklin Smith and Janelle L. (Smith) Landa.
On April 5, 1997 while out on the river in Stubbenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Larry Franklin Smith passed away.
I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come.
I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.