Edwin Smith
Edwin Smith

Obituary of Edwin Smith

Funeral service for Edwin Francis Smith, 84, will be held Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 12:00 PM at Greenlawn Funeral Home Chapel on Leesburg Road with full military honors and burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Pastor Roland Evans will preside. Visitation will be from 10:30 AM until 12:00 PM prior to the service. Born in Smithville Township (Bennettsville), Marlboro County, SC, May 19, 1926, he entered Heaven Sunday, November 7, 2010. Francis retired from the US Air Force as a Master Sergeant (was also in the US Navy and US Army Corps) and from the US Civil Service (33 years at Shaw Air Force Base, Traffic Manager). Francis attended and was very involved with Grace Church of the Nazarene in Columbia. He also supported Ebenezer Church in Marlboro County and Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Wallace, SC. Edwin Francis Smith touched everyone?s life wherever he lived (Japan, France, Turkey, and throughout the United States). His favorite commitments were his family, faith, friends, and helping others ?when he could and with what he could?. He loved history, serving his country and Clemson University. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World. He will always be loved and missed. Our memories of Edwin Francis Smith, affectionately called ?Unc? by many, will always be cherished. Survived by his sons, Alvin C Smith and Thomas E Smith (Vicki), and his grandchildren, Eric and Laura Smith, all of Columbia, his brothers Zanie O (Billy) Smith of Haymarket, VA and Jerry W Smith of Bennettsville, SC. Francis was predeceased by his parents, Zannie and Novella Smith, his sisters Vera Smith Quick and Lorene Smith Chavis, and his beloved wife, Nadine Driggers Smith. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association, Clemson University, or to the Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5403 Pinestraw Road, Columbia, SC 29206. The family has entrusted Greenlawn Funeral Home with the arrangements.

Interment

NOV 10 Greenlawn Funeral Home 845 Leesburg Road Columbia, SC, US, 29209 info@greenlawn-columbia.com http://www.greenlawn-columbia.com

Visitation

NOV 10. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Greenlawn Funeral Home 845 Leesburg Road Columbia, SC, US, 29209 info@greenlawn-columbia.com http://www.greenlawn-columbia.com

Funeral Service

NOV 10. 12:00 PM Greenlawn Funeral Home 845 Leesburg Road Columbia, SC, US, 29209 info@greenlawn-columbia.com http://www.greenlawn-columbia.com
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