Smith & Smith Funeral Home

John W. Smith, owner of the Smith-Jackson Funeral Home of Danville and the Smith Funeral Homes of Frankfort, Lexington and Nicholasville, got his start in Danville in 1939 when he came here to become associated with what was then the Jackson Funeral Home, owned by Ashby Jackson. He bought a half-partnership interest in 1939 and the name of the company was changed to include those of both partners. He purchased the other half of the business in 1945 and retained the name which was, by then, well known.