POLK COUNTY, GA - Obits Irby A. Smith ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Arlene Woody Obituary Irby A. Smith Published in the Dallas New Era, Thursday, June 10, 2004 Transcribed by Arlene Woody Mr. Irby A. Smith, age 77 of Rockmart, Georgia, died Sunday, June 6, 2004. Born in Gates County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Irby Dean and Augusta Pryor Smith. He was a machinist in the shoe repair equipment industry. He retired from the Air Force after 21 years of service. He was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mary Smith of Rockmart; his daughter, Linda Wilson of Rockmart; his sons, David Smith of Rockmart and Kenneth Smith of Austell; his sisters, Madeline Bradshaw of Gates, North Carolina, Viola Ivey and Elenora Hedgespeth both of Suffolk, Virginia; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services were held Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 3 pm at Holly Springs Baptist Church and Pastor Dwayne Neely and Reverend Norman Beard officiating. Interment with full military honors followed in the church Cemetery. Bellamy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.