Frank Simmons Lambeth was born on August 20, 1857, in Thomasville, North Carolina. Lambeth was a leading businessman and citizen who helped establish the chair manufacturing industry in Thomasville by helping to organize the Thomasville Manufacturing Company and the Standard Chair Company. He additionally served as the president of the Thomasville Bank and of the Lambeth Furniture Company. Lambeth died in Thomasville on November 22, 1928.