Charles Ota "C.O." Smith Sr., 81, of Shady Spring, Raleigh County, W.Va., died on 13 Dec 1978 in Hinton Hospital, Summers County, W.Va., after a brief illness. He was born in Abraham, Raleigh County, a son of George Washington Smith Jr. and his first wife Emily Alice Vandall Smith.
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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George Washington Smith
1860–1940
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Emily Alice Vandall Smith
1864–1905
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Flora Lee Arthur Smith
1895–1990
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Bertha Jane Smith Surbaugh
1882–1941
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Bessie Smith Arthur
1884–1955
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Glenville Everett Smith
1886–1952
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Wayne Smith
1888–1911
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Arthur Jackson Smith
1890–1956
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Ida Smith Martin
1892–1970
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Ola Ernest Smith
1894–1974
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Emily Mae Smith Hutchison
1902–1952
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Kay Golda Smith Fox
1909–2009
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Pearl Lora Smith Gwinn
1910–1962
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Eda Flora Smith Ellison
1912–2003
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Earl George Smith
1914–1986
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Carl Eugene Smith
1916–1995
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Everett Abraham Smith
1918–2003
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Ernest Sidney Smith
1919–1978
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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. Smith
1921–2013
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Jesse 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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