Lou Smith Truitt
TRUITT, LUCY SMITH (March 1862-July 27, 1917): Lucy “Lou” Smith was born in Georgia in 1862 to Gilbert and Lucy Smith. Lou married the 20-year-old George Truitt in Chambers County, Alabama on November 17, 1877. Their first child, Mike was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1877, followed shortly by George Jr. (b. 1880) and Lucy (b. 1882). In 1883, George and Lou relocated their family to Texas, settling in Pilot Point. There, Lou gave birth to Mattie (b. 1884), Amanda (b. 1886), Mary (b. 1888), John Willie (b. 1890), Leonard (1892), Ida (b. 1894), and Agle Lee (b. 1899). In Pilot Point, George rented land and worked as a farmer, and made a decent living. In the 1910s, the Truitts lost eight members of their family to tuberculosis, and one doctor even noted “the 8th death[s] in the same home and the same cause and same family in 3 years” on Agle Lee’s death certificate. Lu did not escape the disease and succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis on July 27, 1917. Lou Smith Truitt was laid to rest in Bonner Cemetery. Lou was survived by her husband George, her daughter Mattie, and her son Leonard.
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Citations: Find A Grave, database, and images, Find A Grave Memorial no. 149934121, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Norwood (contributor 47514808);Year: 1880; Census Place: Huguleys Mill, Chambers, Alabama; Roll: 5; Page: 211C; Enumeration District: 026;United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.; Find A Grave, memorial page for Mary Truitt (Mar 1888–15 Mar 1913), Find A Grave Memorial no. 149934311, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA; Find A Grave, database, and images, memorial page for Agle Lee Truitte (Feb 1899–11 May 1915), Find A Grave Memorial no. 131968431, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA; Find A Grave, database, and images, memorial page for Amanda “Mandy” Truitt Williams (Nov 1886–16 Mar 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 149934647, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Dennis Norwood; Find A Grave, database, and images, memorial page for Lou Smith Truitte (Mar 1862–27 Jul 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 149934121, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Dennis Norwood (contributor 47514808)