Dr. Arthur McDanel Smith’s second son, Dr. Charles McDanel Smith was born in 1905. He also graduated from Tulane Medical School and completed the same year of post doctoral studies in pathology at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans as his brother, Dr. John Frank. In 1929 Dr. Charles joined his older brother, father and uncle. He had served in the military in Africa and Italy as Chief of Staff in Radiology during WWI before returning. He had rose to the rank of Major.
Dr. Charles McDanel Smith had two sons that became physicians. They both left the state of Arkansas, Dr. John James Smith II went to Anchorage, Alaska and Dr. Arthur McDanel Smith II went to Tacoma, Washington.
This Smith Family of Doctors had served the Paris community and Logan County for sixty-one years.
