Editing Anna Nicole Smith (section)

==Early life==
Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in [[Houston, Texas]], the only daughter of Virgie Tabers Arthur (1951–2018) and Donald Eugene Hogan (1947–2009).<ref name="Guardian20070512">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |title=Chronicle of a death foretold – Anna Nicole Smith – The Guardian |newspaper=The Observer |date=May 12, 2007 |last=Wood |first=Gaby |access-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081707/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith attended [[Mexia High School]], in Mexia, Texas, transferring there from a Houston school. She attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade.<ref name=Stoddard>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212044127/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-date=February 12, 2007 |title=High school remembers Anna Nicole&nbsp;– barely |author1=Ed Stoddard |author2=Jessica Rinaldi |agency=Reuters |access-date=February 14, 2007 |date=February 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Virgie Mae Hart-Arthur |url=https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419074809/https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |website=Klein Funeral Homes and Memorial Parks}}</ref> She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in [[Mexia]].<ref name="Guardian20070512" />