Former Sheriff Smith, 74, Died in Nashville --
Roy William Smith, Sr. of Decherd, former sheriff of Franklin County, died at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville Saturday after a brief illness. He was 74.
He was a farmer and serviced the maximum of there consecutive terms as sheriff of Franklin County between 1962 and 1968, at a time when each term was for a two-year period.
He was one of the founders of the Decherd Little League and was active with them for a number of years.
Smith was a Master Mason and member of the Pelham Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star.
He was an active member of the Alto Methodist Church, serving as the superintendent and leading the singing up until his death.
Known throughout the southeast, he was one of the founders of the Franklin County Coon Hunter's Association and showed several championship dogs throughout the area.
He was born in Grundy County August 14, 1908 to John William Smith and Melinda Long Smith.
Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. on Monday in Watson-Gamble Chapel. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Anesta Rose Smith, Decherd; three sons, Roy W. Smith, Jr., Charles D. Smith, and John W. Smith, all of Alto; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Swann, Decherd; two brothers, Gardner B. Smith, Decherd, and Homer J. Smith, Alto; three sisters, Mrs. Aubrey Jane Buckner, Graysville, Mrs. Novella Bailey, Daisy, and Mrs. Bertha Throneberry, Alto; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 7, 1983
Roy William Smith, Sr. of Decherd, former sheriff of Franklin County, died at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville Saturday after a brief illness. He was 74.
He was a farmer and serviced the maximum of there consecutive terms as sheriff of Franklin County between 1962 and 1968, at a time when each term was for a two-year period.
He was one of the founders of the Decherd Little League and was active with them for a number of years.
Smith was a Master Mason and member of the Pelham Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star.
He was an active member of the Alto Methodist Church, serving as the superintendent and leading the singing up until his death.
Known throughout the southeast, he was one of the founders of the Franklin County Coon Hunter's Association and showed several championship dogs throughout the area.
He was born in Grundy County August 14, 1908 to John William Smith and Melinda Long Smith.
Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. on Monday in Watson-Gamble Chapel. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Anesta Rose Smith, Decherd; three sons, Roy W. Smith, Jr., Charles D. Smith, and John W. Smith, all of Alto; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Swann, Decherd; two brothers, Gardner B. Smith, Decherd, and Homer J. Smith, Alto; three sisters, Mrs. Aubrey Jane Buckner, Graysville, Mrs. Novella Bailey, Daisy, and Mrs. Bertha Throneberry, Alto; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 7, 1983
Former Sheriff Smith, 74, Died in Nashville --
Roy William Smith, Sr. of Decherd, former sheriff of Franklin County, died at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville Saturday after a brief illness. He was 74.
He was a farmer and serviced the maximum of there consecutive terms as sheriff of Franklin County between 1962 and 1968, at a time when each term was for a two-year period.
He was one of the founders of the Decherd Little League and was active with them for a number of years.
Smith was a Master Mason and member of the Pelham Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star.
He was an active member of the Alto Methodist Church, serving as the superintendent and leading the singing up until his death.
Known throughout the southeast, he was one of the founders of the Franklin County Coon Hunter's Association and showed several championship dogs throughout the area.
He was born in Grundy County August 14, 1908 to John William Smith and Melinda Long Smith.
Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. on Monday in Watson-Gamble Chapel. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Anesta Rose Smith, Decherd; three sons, Roy W. Smith, Jr., Charles D. Smith, and John W. Smith, all of Alto; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Swann, Decherd; two brothers, Gardner B. Smith, Decherd, and Homer J. Smith, Alto; three sisters, Mrs. Aubrey Jane Buckner, Graysville, Mrs. Novella Bailey, Daisy, and Mrs. Bertha Throneberry, Alto; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 7, 1983
Roy William Smith, Sr. of Decherd, former sheriff of Franklin County, died at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville Saturday after a brief illness. He was 74.
He was a farmer and serviced the maximum of there consecutive terms as sheriff of Franklin County between 1962 and 1968, at a time when each term was for a two-year period.
He was one of the founders of the Decherd Little League and was active with them for a number of years.
Smith was a Master Mason and member of the Pelham Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star.
He was an active member of the Alto Methodist Church, serving as the superintendent and leading the singing up until his death.
Known throughout the southeast, he was one of the founders of the Franklin County Coon Hunter's Association and showed several championship dogs throughout the area.
He was born in Grundy County August 14, 1908 to John William Smith and Melinda Long Smith.
Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. on Monday in Watson-Gamble Chapel. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Anesta Rose Smith, Decherd; three sons, Roy W. Smith, Jr., Charles D. Smith, and John W. Smith, all of Alto; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Swann, Decherd; two brothers, Gardner B. Smith, Decherd, and Homer J. Smith, Alto; three sisters, Mrs. Aubrey Jane Buckner, Graysville, Mrs. Novella Bailey, Daisy, and Mrs. Bertha Throneberry, Alto; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Tuesday, February 7, 1983
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