The Sam Smith family in Franklinton in the late 1940s. Left to right, in back, are grandmother Mattie Lytle, Juanita Lytle Smith, and Sam Smith. Left to right, in front, are children Wayne, Qua, and Phillip Smith.
My daddy often said that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. With that the case, family lore has it that Lillie Mae Pennington Smith (1888-1978), the mother of Samuel "Sam" Harrell Smith, Jr., knocked on the LSU president's door, seeking assistance when Sam was college bound in 1929 - the beginning of the Great Depression.
