Sussex-Prince Edward County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Freddie C., 1984 

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FREDDIE CLAY SMITH 

  WAKEFIELD - Freddie Clay Smith, 41, a native of Farmville, died Monday in 
his home.

  Mr. Smith had been an installer and repairman for Continental Telephone of 
Virginia for 15 years.  He was a member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club and 
the Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department.

  He was a member and deacon of Wakefield Baptist Church, a past master of 
Wakefield Masonic Lodge 198 and a district grand deputy of the Masons.  He 
was a veteran of the Navy.

  Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Maynard Smith; a daughter, Daphne Lynn 
Smith, and a son, Christopher Clay Smith, both of Wakefield; his parents, 
Mary LaPrade Smith and Charlie Carl Smith of Chase City; a sister, Margie S. 
Towberman of Wakefield; and a brother, Charlie C. Smith Jr. of Chase City.

  The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Purviance Funeral 
Chapel by the Rev. Parker Hooper.  Burial with Masonic rites will be in 
Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.  Memorial 
donations may be sent to a local rescue squad.


Freddie Clay SMITH, retired Continental Telephone installer & repairman, 
Navy veteran of Vietnam, 
b. 20 Apr 1943, Prince Edward Co., d. 10 Sep 1984, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 12 Sep 1984, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sep. 11, 1984 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents, Charlie Carl Sr. & Mary (LAPRADE) SMITH, are buried in Woodland 
   Cemetery, Chase City, Mecklenburg Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #119687844 &c.) 

His widow 2m. divorcee Ronald Bernard GAY 24 Dec 1986 in Wakefield. 
   (Sussex Co. #103) 

Ronald (1942-2013) is also buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 


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