Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameSuzanne Elizabeth SMITH [8420]
Birth26 Oct 1923, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan [1, year only], [6612, date only], [6613]
Death4 Dec 2003, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan [6613] Age: 80
MemoPort Huron Hospital
BurialLakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan [6613]
MemoBlock J, Lot 260, Grave W05
FatherWestcott T. SMITH (~1894-)
MotherMarjorie (~1901-)
Individual Notes
• Suzanne Perkins, 80, of Fort Gratiot, passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 in Port Huron Hospital.
She was born to Westcott and Marjorie Smith on Oct. 26, 1923 in Port Huron, attended the Port Huron schools and graduated from Port Huron High School. She then graduated from Dennison University and taught school in the Port Huron Area School District until her retirement due to illness.
She was a member of Lambda Rho Tau Sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, and she attended Grace Episcopal Church.
Later, Suzanne married Alan Perkins and lived in Lapeer until his death on June 27, 2000.
She is survived by her step-son, David Perkins of Hollowell, Maine; her step-daughter, Ann Starr of Somerville, MA; her sister-in-law, Mary Jo Smith of Port Huron; and several nieces and nephews including Susan Bolton of Port Huron, Ann (Mark) Manning of Milwaukee, OR, David (Rhonda) Peacock of Port Huron, Thomas (Anne) Peacock of Eden Prairie, MN and H. Ted Smith of Port Huron.
She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Rebecca Blanton; her parents; her sister, Sally Peacock; and her brother, Henry T. Smith. [6613]
Census
• 1930 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 6, b MI. Father b NY; mother b MI. [4782]
Spouses
Birth21 Nov 1923, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan [1, year only], [7752]
Death2 Feb 1979, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida [413, date only], [7752] Age: 55
BurialYpsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan [7752]
ResidenceYpsilanti, Michigan [304]
NicknameBlackie
Individual Notes
• By the way, your second cousin “Blackie” Elliott has been married twice. He has a daughter, Becky, by his first marriage. His second wife, ---- Quirk, is the sister of the wife of former Mich. Gov. G. Mennen Williams. [1394, p 2]
Census
• 1930 Census: Glendale, Los Angeles, California. Age 6, b MI. Father b OH; mother b Canada Eng. [3628]
• 1940 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 16, b MI. Grandson. [6796]
Marriage26 Jul 1946, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan [1, year only], [7752]
Divorce
Marriage Notes
• Concluding a series of entertainments for Suzanne Elizabeth Smith and James R. Elliott whose wedding is to take place at 8:30 this evening in Grace Episcopal Church, they had places of honor at a dinner given Thursday evening in the Chateau by Mrs. Emeline Mills Elliott and Mrs. Hally Elliott, grandmother and mother of the bridegroom-elect.
Sue and her fiance are two of the best-liked folks in town so they have been feted at an almost continuous round of dinners and parties during the past few weeks since her parents, the Wescott T. Smiths, announced the betrothal. [8420]

• [excerpts] The couple are members of two long-established Port Huron families and their romance began several years ago when they were in school here. [8421]
ChildrenRebecca Suzanne (1949-1979)
Birth10 Jul 1919 [6613, p 3]
Death27 Jun 2000, Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan [6613, p 3] Age: 80
BurialLakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan [6613, p 3]
ResidencePort Huron, Michigan [304]
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