Private Homer Augustus Smith was born Aug. 8, 1892 in Brighton, Tipton County, Tennessee, the oldest son of Robert Lee Smith and Francis Ida Huffman Smith of Brighton.

Pvt. H. A. Smith, service number 399860, enlisted in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Forces on July 23, 1918 and served with 27th Co, 7th Training Battalion, 157 Depot Brigade. He was discharged on Feb. 14, 1919 and returned home to Covington, where he married Annie Frances Freezor.

Homer August Smith died on June 13, 1965 in Covington and he is buried in Munford Cemetery.