Funeral service for Billy Gaines Smith Sr., 78, of Athens, will be Monday at McConnell Funeral Home with burial in the Athens City Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Saturday at the Huntsville Hospital.
He was born in Athens to R. C. (Dick) Smith and Pattye Leonard Smith.
He graduated from Athens High School in 1940. He was a World War II veteran who served with the U.S. Navy Seebees in the South Pacific. He owned and operated L&S Supermarkets in Athens and Ardmore with three of his brothers.
He was the brother of the late Harold C. Smith, Robert L. Smith and Mary Ann Allen.
Survivors include his wife, Robert Turner; three sons, Billy G. Smith Jr., Hal C. Smith and John T. Smith, all of Athens; one daughter, Pattye Smith Wilson of Orlando, FL; one brother, Kenneth Smith of Athens; four sisters, Dorothy Blackburn, Marjorie Rose and Carolyn Turner, all of Athens, and Jo Lively of Decatur; and nine grandchildren.
(Published Decatur Daily, Decatur, AL, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001)
Married Agnes Roberta Turner, March 9, 1946, Limestone Co, AL.
Children:
Billy Gaines Smith Jr.
Patricia Jane (Pattye) Smith Wilson
Harold Wayne (Hal) Smith
John Turner Smith
Funeral service for Billy Gaines Smith Sr., 78, of Athens, will be Monday at McConnell Funeral Home with burial in the Athens City Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Saturday at the Huntsville Hospital.
He was born in Athens to R. C. (Dick) Smith and Pattye Leonard Smith.
He graduated from Athens High School in 1940. He was a World War II veteran who served with the U.S. Navy Seebees in the South Pacific. He owned and operated L&S Supermarkets in Athens and Ardmore with three of his brothers.
He was the brother of the late Harold C. Smith, Robert L. Smith and Mary Ann Allen.
Survivors include his wife, Robert Turner; three sons, Billy G. Smith Jr., Hal C. Smith and John T. Smith, all of Athens; one daughter, Pattye Smith Wilson of Orlando, FL; one brother, Kenneth Smith of Athens; four sisters, Dorothy Blackburn, Marjorie Rose and Carolyn Turner, all of Athens, and Jo Lively of Decatur; and nine grandchildren.
(Published Decatur Daily, Decatur, AL, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001)
Married Agnes Roberta Turner, March 9, 1946, Limestone Co, AL.
Children:
Billy Gaines Smith Jr.
Patricia Jane (Pattye) Smith Wilson
Harold Wayne (Hal) Smith
John Turner Smith
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