Background
Smith, Orma Rinehart was born on September 25, 1904 in Booneville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jefferson Davis and Lena (Rinehart) Smith.
Smith, Orma Rinehart was born on September 25, 1904 in Booneville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jefferson Davis and Lena (Rinehart) Smith.
Juris Doctor, University Mississippi, 1927.
Born in Booneville, Mississippi, Smith received an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi in 1927. He was in private practice in Corinth, Mississippi from 1928 to 1968. On July 17, 1968, Smith was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi vacated by Claude F. Clayton.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 25, 1968, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on August 16, 1978. Smith served in that capacity until his death, in 1982.
A believer should support social climates, in which human communities are maintained and strengthened for the sake of all persons and their growth.
God wants to see people productive, creative, useful, and supremely happy, within an environment of spiritual perfection, health, peace, and love.
Trustee Corinth Separate School District, 1940-1955. Fellow Mississippi Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Alcorn County Bar Association, Mississippi State Bar (past president), University Mississippi Alumni Association (president 1961-1962), Masons (33 degree), Shriners, K.T., Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Fernandez, June 17, 1930. 1 son, Orma Rinehart Junior.