HARRY RUSSELL SMITH
HARRY RUSSELL SMITH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MONDAY, JULY 27, 1914, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE WALTER AND JOSEPHINE (MONTGOMERY) SMITH. HARRY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
HARRY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE MARGARET (PINSON) SMITH ON AUGUST 15, 1936, IN CHESTER, ILLINOIS, AND TO THIS UNION ONE SON WAS BORN.
HARRY IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, RUSSELL SMITH AND WIFE JUANITA OF POTOSI, TWO GRANDCHILDREN JANET FAGAN AND HUSBAND TOM OF POTOSI, BRYAN SMITH OF ST. LOUIS, THREE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, KATIE, HEATHER AND KELLY FAGAN ALL OF POTOSI, ONE BROTHER, MARION SMITH AND WIFE FRAN OF IRONTON AND BY SISTERS-IN-LAW, BROTHERS-IN-LAW, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND GREAT NEPHEWS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE HALF BROTHERS, LESTER, JOHN AND ED HILLEN.
HARRY WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH AND VERY DEVOTED TO ITS WORDS AND TEACHINGS. PRIOR TO HARRY'S RETIREMENT HE HAD WORKED FOR THE POTOSI AUTO PARTS STORE FOR MANY YEARS. FARMING WAS HIS LOVE AND ENJOYMENT IN LIFE BOTH PRIOR TO AND AFTER RETIREMENT.
A KIND AND LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, BROTHER AND DEAR FRIEND, WHO WILL SADLY BE MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE RANDY DICUS, QUINTON DICUS, JOE O'HANLON, JASON O'HANLON, TERRY REANDO AND LONNIE REANDO. ENTOMBMENT WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC MAUSOLEUM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GUM AND SON FUNERAL HOMES, INC., POTOSI, MISSOURI.