Attended Mont Amoena 1924-1927
M.P.C.I. Class of 1932

Birth: 21 Apr 1914, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 15 Nov 1997, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
George Franklin McAllister (1874–1937)
Julia Ethelyn Crabtree McAllister (1884-1968)

Siblings:
Grady Franklin McAllister (1916-1925)
Elizabeth Katherine “Betty Kate” McAllister Boozer (1918-2009)
Carolyn Crabtree McAllister Moose (1921–2015)
Thomas Caswell McAllister (1923–1944)

Spouse: Jacob Archie Alexander Smith, Sr. (1914-1995)
Marriage: 20 May 1939, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Children:
Ethelyn Crabtree Smith Hegele (1941-)
Jacob Archie Alexander Smith, Jr. (1943-)
Virginia McAllister Smith Little (1950-)
Martha Caswell Smith Arnold (1955-)

Burial:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Source: www.findagrave.com, #30196622.

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LINK:

M.P.C.I. Transcript and Graduation Oration: “Quo Vadis America” (Where are you going, America?)

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News and Record (Greensboro, NC), 28 May 1939, p. 8C.

Miss M’Allister Becomes Bride Of Mr. Smith

(Special to Daily News)
CONCORD, May 27.—Beautiful in every detail was the wedding of Miss Virginia Shirey McAllister and Jacob Archie Smith, both of Mt. Pleasant, which was solemnized Saturday afternoon, May 20, at Holy Trinity Lutheran church in Mt. Pleasant. Rev. John W. Link and Rev. L. D. Miller, pastor of the bridegroom, officiated with the double ring service of the Lutheran ritual.

Miss Julie Shirey, organist, and Mrs. George Little, of Winston-Salem, violinist, rendered the wedding music prior to the ceremony, and Miss Carolyn McAllister, sister of the bride, sang “Because,” by D’Hardelet, before the entrance of the bridal party. Mrs. Little played the wedding hymn, “O Perfect Love,” during the ceremony, and the traditional processional and recessional marches were played by the organist.

Henry Boger and Alex McAllister, of Mt. Pleasant, served as ushers. The bride’s only attendant was her sister, Miss Elizabeth Kate McAllister.

The bride was attired in a traveling costume of navy alpaca with white accessories. Instead of a bouquet she carried the prayerbook long used by her father, the late Col. G. F. McAllister, and it was showered with valley lilies. She carried her mother’s wedding handkerchief, and her only ornament was a gold necklace given by her grandfather to his bride.

After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for a wedding trip through the Great Smoky mountains, and after June 1 will reside in Concord.

Mrs. Smith was educated at the Mt. Pleasant institute and at Newberry college. She is deputy clerk of the Superior court in Cabarrus county.

Mr. Smith is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney E. Smith, of Mt. Pleasant. He was educated at the Mt. Pleasant Collegiate institute and holds a position with the Cabarrus Bank and Trust company in Concord.

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From the Julia Ethelyn Crabtree McAllister Collection.
Unidentified Newberry College publication, Winter 1967, p. 19. Includes a brief profile on Virginia McAllister Smith, one of the five Newberry “Robins.”

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Concord Tribune (Concord, NC), 29 Feb 1984, p. 91.

Virginia Smith
Volunteer, organizer
ROLE: Daughter of a pioneer Mt. Pleasant family, wife of well known banker and community leader

Virginia Smith, wife of prominent banker J. Archie Smith, looks at life from a new angle since she and her husband retired several years ago.

In her quiet hours she has time to reflect upon her 44 years of married life, four children and five grandchildren.

She was born in the old Concord Hospital, which was located in the Allison Building, which stood on the site of the present courthouse.

Her father was Col. George S. McAllister, who headed the Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute. (His title was complimentary, given because of his relationship to the semi-military school).

Her mother, the former Ethelyn Crabtree, came south from Salem, Va., to teach in the Mont Amoena Seminary, and here in Mt. Pleasant she met Col. McAllister.

Smith attended the Mt. Pleasant graded school and planned to go to Mont Amoena, but this school closed and her dad decided she should continue her education at MPCI.

She completed her studies at Newberry, S.C., College and came back here to work for Cannon Mills.

Her husband was also a student at MPCI, but she did not learn to know him until business brought them together at Cabarrus Bank.

He began work with the bank in Kannapolis and was later transferred to the main branch in Concord.

They were married in 1939.

She later worked in the office of D. Ray McEachern, clerk of court, and in several years she became deputy register of deeds under John Boger.

She ended her career in public work after about 12 years with the Employment Security office.

The Smiths have four children, Ethelyn Hegele, a kindergarten teacher in Cary; J. Archie Smith Jr., who is on the faculty of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk; Virginia Little, teacher at Harrisburg, and Martha Caswell Smith, an anesthetist at Providence Hospital.

Smith says she is not a prime mover when things need to be done, but she lends her support.

She was active in the PTA, is a member of a 40-year-old bridge club and helps her husband in farming.

She was present in 1973 for the first meeting of what later became the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, was active with the Young Democrats organization and was a volunteer with the Mental Health Institute.

She is also a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, and has been active with the Luther League.

“Retirement is an entirely new way of life, and we are enjoying it immensely,” she said.

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Cabarrus County (NC) Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes, 16 Nov 2006, p. 60-63.

Click to access November-16-2006-Minutes.pdf