P. K. Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

P. K. Smith

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1917

Place of Birth: Winnfield, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About P. K. Smith

  • Perry K.
  • Smith, known as P.
  • K.
  • Smith (September 21, 1917 – March 1983), was a businessman from Winnfield, Louisiana, who served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964 during the administration of Governor Jimmie Davis.
  • In 1974, Smith and his sons, Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith and Perry Joe Smith, Sr.
  • (1943–2009), launched P.
  • K.
  • Smith Motors, which serves Winnfield and Jonesboro as the General Motors dealer.
  • It was also the Chrysler outlet until the company pulled out of Winnfield in 2009.
  • Mike Smith co-owned P.
  • K.
  • Smith Motors with his brother.
  • In 1995, Mike Smith was elected to the first of three four-year terms to the Louisiana State Senate.
  • Perry Joe Smith was a former member of the Winn Parish Police Jury and operated several areas businesses. The Smith family over the years was also involved in other businesses in Winnfield, including a motel, restaurant, drive-in theater, dress shop, beauty shop, and an outlet of the former Gibson Discount Company.
  • Smith's wife, the former Marjorie McLamore (March 28, 1923 – April 30, 1997), began the beauty shop from their home.Smith ran unsuccessfully in the 1940s for Winn Parish assessor.
  • A brother, Hardy "Junior" Smith, ran unsuccessfully for sheriff.
  • One of Smith's sisters, Ruby Smith Long (1906–1984) of Natchitoches, was the mother of Gerald Long, a Republican who was elected to succeed Mike Smith in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007.
  • Mike Smith is therefore an extended member of the Long political family, originally based in Winnfield.

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