CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Martin D. Smith, 5 Feb 2002
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Martin D. Smith

   Martin D. Smith, 81, 136 Millard Cable Road, Butler, died Tuesday, 
February 5, 2002, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.
   Mr. Smith was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Arthur 
Grant and Lela Morton Smith. He was also preceded in death by three 
sisters and two brothers.
   Mr. Smith was a member of Stout Hill Church of Christ and was a 
dedicated fisherman and farmer. He retired from Grandfather Mountain 
Golf and Country Club after 22 years of service in general construction. 
He was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army.
   Survivors include his wife, Sylvia Hartley Smith, of the home; two 
sons and a daughter-in-law, Raymond and Glenda Smith and Arthur Smith, 
all of Butler; a special ex-daughter-in-law, Julia Walsh, Butler; a 
daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Floyd Mathews, Butler; two granddaughters, 
Donna Smith and Kristy Smith, both of Butler; three grandsons, Floyd 
Mathews III, Anthony Smith and Alex Mathews, all of Butler; two sisters, 
Stella Ward, Elizabethton, and Selma Dugger, Butler; and two special 
friends, Kendall and Hollie Cable, Butler. Several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-
Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   SMITH -- Funeral services for Martin D. Smith, 81, 136 Millard Cable 
Road, Butler, who died Tuesday, February 5, 2002, will be conducted at 2 
p.m. Thursday, February 7, at Stout Hill Church of Christ with Mr. David 
Irick and Mr. Donnie Cable, ministers, officiating. Music will be under 
the direction of the Stout Hill Church of Christ Choir. Interment will 
follow the service in the Cable Cemetery, Butler, with Military Honors 
to be accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post #2166. Active 
pallbearers will be selected from friends. Honorary pallbearers will be 
Carl Cable, Dr. John Ward, Dr. Charles P. Cole and Dr. Jeffrey Hopland. 
A special "Thank You" to the ICU Nursing Staff and Nurses of the 3rd 
Floor at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. The body will be taken to the Stout 
Hill Church of Christ at 4 p.m. Wednesday, where it will remain until 
the service time. Friends may call at the church at any time. Friends 
may also call at the residence, 136 Millard Cable Road, Butler, at any 
time. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@
funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of 
arrangements.