[1] Elder, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN.
Father: John Floyd Smith
Mother: Julia Abernathy
Husband: William Lockhart Gibbons (Shelby County DA, m. 1973, one daughter one son)
University: BA, Vanderbilt University (1972)
Law School: JD, University of Virginia School of Law (1975)
US Appeals Court Judge, 6th Circuit (2002-)
US District Judge Chief Judge, Western District of Tennessee (1994-2000)
US District Judge Western District of Tennessee (1983-2002)
Tennessee State Official Judge, 15th Judicial Circuit, Division VI (1981-83)
Tennessee State Official Legal Advisor to Gov. Lamar Alexander (1979-81)
Farris, Hancock, Gilman, Branan & Lanier Associate (1976-79)
Law Clerk to Judge William E. Miller, 6th US Court of Appeals (1975-76)
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
American Bar Foundation
Memphis Bar Association
Order of the Coif
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Rotary International Memphis
Tennessee Bar Association 1975