Dr. Arthur McDanel Smith (first generation of Smith doctors) fathered three sons who also became doctors. The first son, Dr. John Frank Smith, went to Tulane Medical School and completed a year of post doctoral studies in pathology at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans.
In the meantime the original two Smith Doctors had opened a small hospital, in 1923 the hospital was enlarged to thirty beds. Three years later, the second generation of Smith Doctors began to join the staff, beginning with Dr. John Frank.
B. L. Battenfield August 2013
