Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Forrest O., 2000 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

FORREST OLDEN SMITH 

  Forrest Olden Smith, 86, died April 14, 2000. 

  Mr. Smith was a lifelong resident of Southampton County, one of 10 children 
of the late Enoch and Ossie Smith.  Mr. Smith was a retired supervisor for 
Aster Nut Products in Boykins and was a Methodist. 

  Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Mary Griffin Smith; two sons, 
Kenneth I. Smith and Marion G. Smith, both of Boykins; one sister, Clara Belle 
Cobb of Franklin; two brothers, Enoch J. Smith of Holland and Wilbur Smith of 
Chesapeake; four grandchildren, Sharon Cobb of Boykins, Craig Smith of Newport 
News, Miriam Birdsong of Suffolk and Todd Smith of Williamsburg; and six great-
grandchildren.  Mr. Smith was predeceased by two sisters and four brothers. 

  A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wright Funeral Home, 
Boykins, with the Rev. Durward Vaughan officiating.  In lieu of flowers, 
memorials may be made to the Boykins Volunteer Rescue Squad or to Clarksbury 
Church. 


Forrest Olden SMITH, retired Aster Nut supervisor, 
b. 2 Feb 1914, Southampton Co., d. 14 Apr 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 220*), Boykins, 
   18 Apr 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 17, 2000, B8 

*His parents are buried in Annex 2, Plot 138. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s530f2ob.txt