- First African American owner of Smith Cleaners, 1930’s
- First African American to own a hotel in Brookhaven
- Owner of cafe, “White Castles” and a Barbershop
- Owner of Robert Smith logging
- Faithful worker with NAACP
- Member of Mason and ELKS Lodge
- Member of Rose Hill M.B. Church
- Married Alberta Newman. Second marriage to Mary Emma Diggs
- 5 daughters
- Died 1998
