Good-Bye Dad... Be at Peace
Mr. William A. “Bill” Smith, 77, of 532 Ridge View Road, Davenport, Fla., formerly of Pleasantville, died at 6:40 a.m. Sunday, March 13, 2005, at the Celebration Health Hospital in Celebration, Fla.
Mr. Smith was born on Feb. 6, 1928, in Titusville, a son of the late John Coleman Smith and Mildred Olson Smith. He was married to Joan Gifford on June 7, 1952, in Titusville.
He was a graduate of the Titusville High School, class of 1946, and had attended Gannon College in Erie.
He had been employed at the former Cyclops Specialty Steel Corp. in Titusville in management until his retirement in 1986. He had also been employed by Ruel Smith (Sylvania) in Pleasantville.
He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Mr. Smith was a member of the Pleasantville Presbyterian Church. He had been a member of the Pleasantville Lions Club; was actively involved with the Fairview Cemetery Association; and was a former member of the Cleo J. Ross Post No. 368 American Legion.
He enjoyed building computers, oil and watercolor painting, photography, hunting and fishing. He especially enjoyed being with his family.
He is survived by his wife of Davenport; a son, Craig G. Smith, and his wife Audrey of Mt. Lebanon; a daughter, Valerie Smith, of Vienna, Va.; three grandchildren, Alexis and Nicholas Smith of Mt. Lebanon, and Joshua Smith of Hilton Head, SC; a brother, J. Coleman Smith Jr., and his wife Ursula of Union City and Apache Junction, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lloyd Kent Smith.
Friends may call at the Gordon B. Garrett Funeral Home, 303 N. Washington St., Titusville, on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Further visitation will be held on Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at which time the funeral service will be conducted with Dr. Barry E. Cressman, pastor of the Titusville First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Pleasantville.
The family asks that memorials be made to the Fairview Cemetery Association or to the Pleasantville Presbyterian Church.