Young Merritt Smith

Background

Smith, Young Merritt was born on July 25, 1944 in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. Son of Young Merritt and Christine Ellen (White) Smith.

Education

AB, U. North Carolina, 1966; Juris Doctor, Duke U., 1969.

Career

President, The Litchfield Plantation Company, Pawleys Island, South Carolina., 1969-1974; president, The Figure Eight Island Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1971-1974; partner, Smith and Smith, Hickory, North Carolina, 1974-1994; lawyer in private practice, Hickory, since 1994.

Achievements

• Young Merritt Smith has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Fund for Peace, New York City, 1970-1979, United Health Services North Carolina, Durham, 1971-1973, North Carolina Design Foundation, Raleigh, 1973-1976. Member North Carolina Bar Association, Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Connections

Married Louise Garner Price, September 6, 1966 (divorced August 1974). 1 child, Patrick Adam. Married CharlieMae Early, November 19, 1977 (divorced May 1985).

Married Mary Gayle Jones, June 8, 1985. Children: Mary Gaither, Jennifer Gayle.

Father:

Young Merritt Smith

Mother:

Christine Ellen (White) Smith

Spouse:

Louise Garner Price

Spouse:

CharlieMae Early

Spouse:

Mary Gayle Jones

child:

Jennifer Gayle Smith

child:

Patrick Adam Smith

child:

Mary Gaither Smith