Mr. Smith was a retired engineer with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He served as constable of Richmond District, Raleigh County.
He was a member of the Pluto Missionary Baptist Church, known as the Old Log Church, Richmond District.
In 1915 he married Flora Lee Arthur, a daughter of Charles William Arthur and wife Caroline "Carrie" Janney Arthur.
He was survived by his wife; nine children: Charles O. Smith Jr., Dempsey Rudolph Smith, Jesse Sebird Smith, Robert Noel Smith, Louella Ethel Smith Goodson, Juanita Flora Smith Fitzgerald, Carrie Eileen Smith Mann, June Elizabeth Smith Westfall, Rachel Marie Smith Richmond; three half-brothers, Earl George Smith, Carl Eugene Smith and Everett Abraham Smith; two half sisters, Golda Smith Fox and Eda Smith Ellison; 38 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. Owen Lilly officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.
SOURCES: Smith family obituaries.
Information courtesy of E.M. Smith, # 47134804
Mr. Smith was a retired engineer with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He served as constable of Richmond District, Raleigh County.
He was a member of the Pluto Missionary Baptist Church, known as the Old Log Church, Richmond District.
In 1915 he married Flora Lee Arthur, a daughter of Charles William Arthur and wife Caroline "Carrie" Janney Arthur.
He was survived by his wife; nine children: Charles O. Smith Jr., Dempsey Rudolph Smith, Jesse Sebird Smith, Robert Noel Smith, Louella Ethel Smith Goodson, Juanita Flora Smith Fitzgerald, Carrie Eileen Smith Mann, June Elizabeth Smith Westfall, Rachel Marie Smith Richmond; three half-brothers, Earl George Smith, Carl Eugene Smith and Everett Abraham Smith; two half sisters, Golda Smith Fox and Eda Smith Ellison; 38 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. Owen Lilly officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.
SOURCES: Smith family obituaries.
Information courtesy of E.M. Smith, # 47134804
Family Members
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Louella Ethel Smith Goodson
1915–1997
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Rachel Marie Smith Richmond
1917–2014
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Juanita Flora Smith Fitzgerald
1919–2007
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Charles O. "Smitty" Smith Jr
1921–2013
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Jessee Sebird Smith
1923–1991
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Carrie Eileen Smith Mann
1924–2013
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June Elizabeth Smith Westfall
1929–2003
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Dempsey Rudolph Smith
1931–2001
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Robert Noel Smith
1934–1995
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