Meridian High Wildcats '58: Briggs Smith

A Tribute and Celebration

We were the class of 1958, members of the Greatest Generation as well as children of the Greatest Generation. Born in 1940, we are also called members of the Traditional Generation.
Our childhood, post World War II, "was the best of times . . . it was the age of wisdom . . . it was the epoch of belief . . .it was the season of Light . . . it was the spring of hope . . . we had everything before us . . .we were all going direct to Heaven . . . ." (A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens.) At least, that's the way I felt about it. We were truly blessed.
- Ouida Tomlinson -
This blog is a place for 1958 graduates of Meridian, Mississippi, High School to stay in touch, post their news, items of interest and photographs.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Briggs Smith - Autobiography

I am married to Dot Fancher Smith of Senatobia, MS, a graduate of MSCW. We celebrated our 40th Anniversary July 6, 2008. We have three sons, Daniel Briggs Smith, III of Ocean Springs, MS, who has two daughters; Carter Smith of Jackson MS who has two daughters, and a son due October 2, 2008; Fancher Smith of Memphis, TN who is unmarried. I have been president of the Batesville Rotary Club and served as an elder with the Batesville Presbyterian Church, and other civil activities including Boy Scouts, The Boys and Girls Club, among others. Recreational activities include primarily hunting ducks and deer. We enjoy traveling, having visited Tanzania, Africa; Cairo, Egypt; St. Petersburg, Russia; Prague, The Czech Republic; Germany; France, Italy; England; Portugal; Switzerland; Mexico; The Bahamas, Antigua; Estonia; Sicily; Malta; Canada; Sweden; Finland; India; Burma; Laos; Thailand; Hungary; Poland; Jamaica; Greece, and Japan.

I am a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1966), and the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy (B.S., 1962). I am an experienced trial lawyer, certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. I am a member of the American Association for Justice, the Mississippi Association for Justice, and the Mississippi Bar Foundation. I am also a registered pharmacist and a member of the Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association. I am past president of the Old Miss Law Association. I served as chairman of the Lamar Order, University of Mississippi 2002 and was selected as University of Mississippi Law Alumnus of the Year 2004. I was chosen as one of The Lawdragon 3000 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America, also was selected one of the top fifty lawyers in Mississippi by my peers in Super Lawyers. I am a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a member of the American College of Barristers. I was also selected as a member of Litigation Counsel of America. I presently serve on the Task Force of fourteen lawyers, appointed by the Bar Association to address honesty and integrity of the Bar and fairness and impartiality with the Judiciary.