1959 Effie Waller Smith

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Marker reads, Born in Pike County, this poet was a daughter of former slaves, Frank and Sibbie Waller. All of their children attained a greater degree of education than usual at that time. They earned teaching certificates at KY. State Normal School for Colored Persons now KY. State University in Frankfort. Reverse, Effie Waller Smith - In addition to being featured in major literary magazines, she published three poetry books: Songs of the Months 1904, Rhymes from The Cumberland 1909, and Rosemary and Pansies 1909. She married in 1909, was widowed in 1911, and moved to Wisconsin in 1918. Buried in Neenah, Wisconsin. Smiths last published poem, Autumns Winds, appeared in Harpers Monthly, 1917.