Smith-Peters Memorial Fund

Smith-Peters Memorial Fund

Thomas E. and Anna Marie Smith started this donor designated fund in memory of their parents Kenley E. and Grace L. Smith and Jacob A. “Doc” and Eva P. Peters. The annual net income will be divided equally between Hospice of So. WV, Inc. and the public library in Princeton, WV. Kenley Smith was born at Grandview in 1877. Active in the development of the coal industry in this area, he opened the original mine at Ragland and was one of the original founders of the Lillybrook Coal Company. Grace Lilly Smith was born near Hinton in 1881and taught in one room schools. “Doc” Peters was born in 1904 at Simons, WV. He was employed primarily in the coal industry during his working years. His wife, Eva P. Maness Peters was born in 1905 in Landgraff, WV.

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