Edward McKendree Smith (August 18, 1900 - August 11, 1979) married Ossie Emma (Waltz) Smith (June 6, 1901 - July 21, 1995). Edward McKendree Smith and Ossie Emma (Waltz) Smith children include Margaret Alice “Margy” (Smith) Mendenhall (October 13, 1925 – March 3, 2016). Edward McKendree Smith's parents are Henry Herbert Smith (July 24, 1869 – April 23, 1950) and Virginia Victoria "Jennie" (Merritt) Smith Coleman (April 10, 1873 – February 21, 1946) who married in Hendricks County, Indiana on November 4, 1890. The Henry Herbert Smith family include: Lillian Lenore (Smith) Nelson Caldwell Hines (July 5, 1892 – January 3, 1970), Pearl (Smith) Swaim (April 13, 1894 – January 13, 1971), Elizabeth May (Smith) Deal Shelton (March 27, 1896 – September 20, 1964), Bernice Etta (Smith) Holmes (February 8, 1898 – March 14, 1996), Edward McKendree Smith (August 18, 1900 – August 11, 1979), Earl Gus Smith (August 10, 1902 – April 9, 1975), Cecil Hollis Smith (July 2, 1906 – October 8, 1973). Edward McKendree's parent, Henry and "Jennie" divorced and she married John Morton"Mort" Coleman (August 15, 1875 – March 26, 1964) on August 4, 1908.