Background
SMITH, Willis was born on December 19, 1887 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Willis and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
SMITH, Willis was born on December 19, 1887 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Willis and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Graduate Atlantic Collegiate Institute, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College (now Duke U.), 1910, law school, Duke University, 1912.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1912, and began practice with Colonel John W. Hinsdale at Raleigh. Practiced alone, 1913. With William B. Duncan, 1915-1918, R. C. Maxwell, 1922-1924, Colonel World Trade Joyner, 1926-1932.
Now member Smith, Leach & Anderson.
When peaceful alternatives to resolve the conflict failed, the use of force may be the only option to check aggression or genocide.
Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.
Served in the United States Army, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, July-November 1918. Inheritance tax attorney, North Carolina, 1915-1920. Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1927, 29, 31 (speaker of House), 1931.
Member of committee preparing rules for use Federal courts in North Carolina, 1933. Member Federal Judicial conference 4th Circuit. Director Occidental Life Insurance Company, Royal Cotton Mill Company, Ocean Ridge Company, Dexdale North Carolina Company.
Member of the board of trustees Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, National Probation Association. Member of advisory council Southern Research Institute. Member American Bar Association (general council, 1935-1936.
Clubs: Lawyers, Kiwanis, Carolina Country, Dunes.
Married Anna Lee, April. Children: Willis, Lee Creecy, Alton Battle, Anna Lee.