Sarah Francis (Fannie) Smith attended a preparatory school for two years (1897-1898 and 1898-1899) at Sam Houston Normal Institue, receiving her first-grade certificate. In 1899 Smith was accepted into SHNI and received her diploma in 1900 for completing her first year of college courses. On June 22, 1912, Fannie was matriculated into Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School's Summer Term in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She taught at public schools in Beaumont, Texas. Fannie never married and was a schoolteacher all her life. She died on November 3, 1964, and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas.

May Dee Smith Oxford received her Texas State Teachers Permanent Certificate from Sam Houston Normal Institue on August 3, 1920. On August 19, 1920, May received her Diploma in Home Economics from SHNI. In 1927 she married Allen Oxford in Beaumont, Texas. May Dee Smith Oxford died on November 23, 1984, and is buried in Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Austin, Texas.