Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Gardner R. Smith

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Gardner R. Smith
    BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Gardner Rayford Smith, 37, 16015 Northwest Schendel,
departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002.
    Gardner Smith was born in Abingdon. He moved to Oregon after attending
college there. He was a member of the Beaverton Police Force.
    Survivors include: one son, Dominique Smith, 10 years of age, of Oregon;
one brother, Charles James Smith III of Roanoke; one sister, Thaiese Syvette
Smith of Salem, Va., his mother, Opal Smith of Glade Spring; his father,
Gardner William Smith of Salem, Va.; and a host of family and friends.
    The funeral service and visitation will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 11,
2002, at the Fairview Baptist Church, Glade Spring, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The
Reverend Danny B. Belcher Sr. will officiate.
    Interment will follow in Mt. Rose Cemetery. The Washington County
Sheriff's Department Honor Guard will perform a 21-gun salute at the cemetery.
    Pallbearers will be Major Canty, Gary Coleman, Dennis Hill II, Daryl
Coleman, Gary Wayne Coleman Jr. and Ronnie Montgomery.
    Honorary pallbearers will be Prince Coleman, Elmer Johnson, Robert Hill
and Curtis Montgomery.
    In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fairview
Baptist Church. 
    Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting
www.farrisfuneralservice.com.
    Farris Funeral Service, Abingdon, is serving the Smith family.