Merrie Lou Smith ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LYZC-WG2.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Albemarle, Stanly, NC. ³ The 1930 census recorded owning a $3500 home on Main Street: T. I. Smith, furniture salesman, 32, living with wife Pearl, 24; and daughters Kathryn, 8; Goldwyn, 6; and Mary L., 1 year 10 months when the census was recorded on 10 Apr 1930. When they were married, T. I. was 23 and Pearl 15 years old. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1940 in Asheboro, Randolph, NC. ⁴ The 1940 census recorded at 103 Highway 220: Purl Smith [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], 35, widowed, occupation mending in hosiery mill, living with daughters Kathleen, 18; and Marie, 11. They were born in North Carolina. In 1935 they were living in Stanley County N.C.

3. Residence: on 10 Jun 2009 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹

Merrie married Clarence Gordon Shelley. (Clarence Gordon Shelley was born on 29 Aug 1927 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ² and died on 19 May 2017 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ².)