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1977-1978 HFA Newsletter Editor Jo Ann Smith

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Jo Ann Smith has a life-long interest in history and government. She is the daughter of Ellen and Robert Nathan Smith. She is married to H. A. "Jack" Smith. Both of her grandfathers served in the North Carolina General Assembly. Her maternal grandfather, Thomas Bragg Higdon of Macon County, North Carolina, served two terms as sheriff and one term as member of the House of Representatives. Her paternal grandfather, Lewis J. Smith of Jackson County, North Carolina, served as register of deeds and as a State Senator. He also was a founder of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina. To read more about Jo Ann, check out her biography. Since Jo Ann was the moving force behind the founding of the Higdon Family Association, also please check out the HFA Origins page.

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HFA Annual Meeting 1977-1978 Minutes

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Minutes of the 1977-1978 Higdon Family Association Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina

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1976-1977 HFA Newly Elected Officers

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From left, front row: Charles E. Higdon, Earl Higdon, Frank B. Higdon, Violet Hunsucker

Back row: Helen Allison, Robert Higdon (new President elect), Thelma Higdon Fitzwater, Jo Ann Smith

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1977-1978 HFA President Frank B. Higdon

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Frank B. Higdon was elected the first president of the Higdon Family Association, Inc. in October, 1976. Frank is the son of Arie and Frank Betts Higdon, Sr. In 1944, Frank married Doria in Washington, D. C. Frank is descended from Samuel Terrill Higdon born circa 1770-1775 in Georgia. Frank served as the Treasurer of the HFA for many years. To read more about Frank, go to his biography.

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