Obituary of Thomas B Smith, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 12 Dec 2008
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SMITH THOMAS BENTON
12/17/1948-1/13/1999
COGBILL

Thomas Benton (Tom B.) Smith, 50, died Wednesday, January 13, 1999. at Cross
County Hospital in Wynne. He was a resident of Cross County and a Wynne
attorney. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and received
his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He entered
the private practice of law in 1974 in Wynne with his grandfather and his uncle.
He served as County Attorney for Cross County and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.
He served as Municipal Judge for the City of Hickory Ridge. He had served as
Special Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice on two occasions, in 1987 and
in 1992. He was a member of the American and Arkansas Bar Associations and was
currently serving as President of the Cross County Bar Association. A staunch
Democrat, he had been chairman of the Cross County Democratic Central Committee
since 1988, served as State Democratic Committee Treasurer from 1976-86, a
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1976 and 1980 and a delegate
to all Democratic State Conventions since 1974. He also was Chairman of the
Cross County Election Commission. He was a charter member and founding area
chairman of the Shaver-Farmer Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. He served as State
Chairman of Arkansas Ducks Unlimited in 1984-85 and as a Zone Chairman and
National Trustee. He also was a member and deacon of Wynne Presbyterian Church,
Wynne Rotary Club, and the Wynne Chamber of Commerce. He was past president of
Wynne Fumble Club and was a past board member of the Arkansas Community
Foundation. He was founding president of the Board of Little Sheep Daycare at
Wynne Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Counts Felton Smith of
Wynne; a son, Thomas Benton Smith, Jr., 24, a student at the University of
Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville; a daughter, Counts Louise Smith, 20,
also a student at the University of Arkansas; his mother, Winnie Bob Smith of
Birdeye; two brothers, James Harmon Smith, Jr., of Cherry Valley and William W.
Smith of Bellvue, Colorado; and two sisters, Carolyn Smith Raffety of Wynne and
Meredith Smith Schweighart of Birdey Funeral services were held Thursday,
January 14, at the Wynne Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Burial followed at
Cogbill Cemetery in Wynne.

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