HERBERT V. SMITH 54
BARTLETT, TENNESSEE
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4:00 P.M. THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2003,
OBLONG CEMETERY
MILITARY RITES: Oblong American Legion Post #219
MEMORIALS: Bolton High School Wayne Williams Scholarship,
Children's Miracle Network OR St Jude Children's Hospital.
Envelopes at or may be mailed to the funeral home
Herbert V. Smith, 54, Bartlett, Tennessee
died Sunday April 6,
2003 at Veterans Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was born
on December 30, 1948 in Pontoosuc, Illinois and was
the son of Edwin Austin
Smith and Goldie D. (Welsh) Smith. He was married to
Laura Dale Leggitt, who grew
up in the Oblong area. Herbert was employed
with FED EX as a Non
Destructive Testing Specialist. He served with the United
States Army in Viet Nam and
was a member of East Win Christian Church,
Bartlett, TN. He graduated
second in his class at Spartan School of Aeronautics
in Tulsa, OK. received an
Associate of Mechanical Engineering with
honors at State Technical
Institute at Memphis, TN., Obtained Airframe and Power
Plant License and NDT License,
and he was very involved with his families
activities and lives.
Herbert is survived by his wife Laura
Dale Smith, one son Edwin A. Smith; one daughter Gayle A. Smith; two
sisters Alice E. Siverly
and Carla L. Walters; 3 half sisters
Jeretta Nicholes, Bernadine Schiver and Neoma Loehr; two half brothers
Kenneth Ramsey and Tim Ramsey.