Records of Velma Smith on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Velma Smith and the Smith Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Smith Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Smith family tree.

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Some Famous People called Velma Smith

Velma Williams Smith

Velma Smith (July 27, 1927 – July 31, 2014, née Williams) was an American country musician and guitarist.

Smith was the lone female member of the RCA Studio B's "A-team" of studio musicians during the era of The Nashville Sound. She played rhythm guitar on numerous top hits such as Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away", Jim Reeves' "I Love You Because" and Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling".

Williams was born in Epley Station, Kentucky. She married Hal Smith in 1948 and took his surname. During the late 1940s and early 1950s she was a member of the bands of Ernest Tubb, Carl Smith, and Hank Snow.

Velma Smith was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016.

Source: Velma Williams Smith, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Smith

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