Background
Smith, Benjamin M. was born on September 10, 1900 in Hull, Alabama, United States. Son of Benjamin Alexander and Dovie (Mitchell) Smith.
Smith, Benjamin M. was born on September 10, 1900 in Hull, Alabama, United States. Son of Benjamin Alexander and Dovie (Mitchell) Smith.
Graduate of Company Officer’s Course, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1929, Field Officers’ Course, 1933, Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1936.
Served as private, 1919, and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, Alabama National Guard, January 1939. Federal Service since 1939. With Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1919-1935.
Protective Life Insurance Company, 1935-1937.
Alabama representative, Seagram’s Distillery Corporation, 1937-1939. Adjutant general, State Military Department since 1939, Alabama State director Selective Service, 1940-1946, retired.
Now a member G.M.S. General Sales and Manufacturers Agents. Secretary Armory Commission, Alabama.
Member Alabama State Defense Council.
Served as private, 1919, and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, Alabama National Guard, January 1939. Member Alabama State Rifle Association (president), National Guard Officers Association of Alabama. Mason (York Rite, Shriner).
Club: Country (Montgomery, Alabama).
Married Mary Montgomery, August 17, 1927.