Fred Howard Smith

  • First African American male butcher in Brookhaven at Panzica Grocery 
  • Certified butcher training in New Orleans, La 
  • Owned and managed his own store called Pick and Save on Washington Street in Brookhaven
  • Became known as the “Snow Cone Man”  
  • Married to Thelma Smith.  5 children (all college graduates), 1 grandchild 
  • Died in 2006
Fred Howard Smith