James Smith's grave marker is very difficult to decipher so I did some research to verify what I thought was born 1904 and died 1971. I was close for I found the following:

1910 Fairbanks, Alachua, FL via ancestry.com, pg. 163:

Smith, John 49 head M1 17 yrs FL US GA
Smith, Rebecca 38 wife M1 17 yrs FL FL GA 5 children, 5 living
Smith, Rosa 15 daughter FL FL FL
Smith, Gertie 12 daughter FL FL FL
Smith, Dennis 10 son FL FL FL
Smith, James 6 son FL FL FL
Smith, Perry 1 son FL FL FL

next door is Alvin Nobles, Simeon Ponds, Peter Ponds
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ancestry.com had 1920 Fairbanks, Alachua, FL census image (familysearch.org did not have image):

printed page 222:

Smith, John N. 58 head FL
Smith, Rebecca 40 wife FL
Smith, Rosa 24 daughter FL
Smith, Gertrude 23 daughter FL
Smith, Denis 20 son FL
Smith, James 15 son FL
Smith, Perry 12 son FL
Smith, Bessie 9 daughter FL
Smith, Nanny 4 daughter FL

next door are Robert Pons and Jacob Pons families
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1930 Fairbanks, Alachua Co., FL, sheet 2-B or 0149 (handwritten):

Smith, John N. 67 head FL GA GA md age 29
Smith, Rebecca 57 wife FL US FL md age 19
Smith, James 19 son FL FL FL

next door are Marion Pons and Sim Pons families
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1940 Fairbanks, Alachua, FL via familysearch.org image 6 of 11:

Smith, James L. 36 head FL
Smith, Selma C. 33 wife FL 5 children
Smith, Sidney 8 son FL
Smith, Dennis 6 son FL
Smith, James W. 3 son FL
Smith, Daisy 1 daughter FL

living near Curtis Smith (f) and Alvin Nobles
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familysearch.org image 4 of 11:

1945 Fairbanks, Alachua Co., FL:

Smith, Jim 44 FL farmer
Smith, Selma 32 FL
Smith, Sidney 13 FL
Smith, Dennis 11 FL
Smith, James 7 or 9 FL
Smith, Daisy 6 FL
Smith, Mary J. 0 FL

on same page listed above them:

Padgett, George 49 SC farmer
Padgett, Getrude 47 FL
Padgett, Leone 16 FL (f)
Padgett, Clyde 25 FL Navy

3 households above Padgett:

Ponds, Alma 54 H mgr
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familysearch.org: Alachua Co., FL Marriages:

Jimmie Napoleon Smith and Selma Candaisy Davis md 20 Nov 1930 Gainesville, Alachua, FL
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FL Death Index:

James N. Smith
b 7 Aug 1904
d 13 May 1979 Alachua Co., FL, age 74

Hope this helps. Will try to get better photo if make another trip to cemetery.

19 Oct 2014
Laura Tully
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