Thomas Jerome Smith Jr. :Forgery & Larceny, Escape

Thomas Jerome Smith Jr. was born 17 Jun 1908 in Jackson, TN, to Thomas Jerome Smith Sr. (1880-1970) & Frances Pearl Sutton (1189-1970).

His nickname was "Juicy" He was also called T.J.

Inmate: #23060 TN State Prison

Crime: Forgery & Larceny

Rec: 24 Dec 1932

Term: 3 yrs

Age: 24

He escapes prison 2 Aug 1933 but is caught by 4 Nov 1933. so he had a few months of freedom.

Thomas was married to Lena Maurine Meeker (1911-1991) and the had a daughter named Patricia.

He had various jobs, car salesman, gas station attendant (back then you could pull up and someone would pump your gas and you could tip them).

I found his WWII Draft Card

Thomas died Feb 1982 in Fulton, Kentucky.

Here's his Find A Grave Memorial

He seemed to have had only that one incident and lived a long life with his wife.