Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Thomas E. (Tommy) Smith
6 September 1962

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Tommy Smith Dies In Puerto Rico; Last Rites Held Sept. 2

Tommy Smith of Brinson, who had been stationed with the U. S. Navy in Puerto
Rico for two years, died suddenly August 29, eighteen days after his
nineteenth birthday as a result of a heart attack.

Funeral services for the deceased were conducted Sunday, September 2 at
Bethany Baptist Church at 3 o'clock p. m. with Rev. W. R. Osteen officiating.

Son of H. J. Smith of Brinson, he was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, and
is survived by the following relatives, three brothers, S/Sgt. Robert W.
Smith, England, Ray Smith and Randall Smith, both of Brinson; seven sisters,
Mrs. Marcus Donaldson, Miami, Fla., Mrs. Pat Brunetti, Arlington, Va., Mrs.
Billy Moore, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Charles Barber, Bainbridge, Mrs. DeWitt Ingram
and Mrs. Harold Yates, Brinson and Miss Frances Smith, Miami, Fla.

Those serving as active pallbearers were: Robert Cohen, Deese Connell, Ray
Earnest, Jason King, H. L. Griner and Glenn Earnest.

Honorary pallbearers were: Remus Kelly, Billy Mills, Larry Griner, Charles
Wood, David Williams, Rudolph Stone, Tommy Braswell, A. J. Braswell, Tommy
Logue, Jerry Brewer, Roy Brewer, John Brown, Tommy Rentz, Eugene Brock,
Ronnie Musgrove, Willie Joe Williams, Billy Griffin, Jimmy Gardner, Bruce
Holly, Bobby Barber, Jimmy McCook, Don Hatcher, H. L. Griner, Glenn Earnest,
Jimmy King and Taylor Brooks.

Interment followed in Bethany Cemetery with Ivey Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.

Source: The Post - Searchlight Thursday, September 6, 1962, Page 14.

*Note* Thomas E. "Tommy" Smith was a son of Henry Judson Smith and Bessie
Cloud. He was born 11 August 1943 in Brinson, Decatur Co., GA and died 29
August 1962 in Puerto Rico.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair <Bmcnair614@aol.com