Funeral service for Charles Edward Smith, 82, will be Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Sparkman, Rev. Harold Thompson and Rev. Jimmy Bassham officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 1, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Church.
Mr. Smith died on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Decatur Morgan Hospital. He was born July 7, 1932, in Hartselle to Arthur Jackson Smith and Jamie Peck Smith . He graduated from Morgan County High School and attended Florence State Teacher’s College and Auburn University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Mr. Smith worked at Monsanto , formerly Chemstrand, for 38 years, as a Human Resource Supervisor, until his retirement in 1992. He was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church where he served on various committees and boards. Charles was married to his wife Mary Nell Groover Smith for 59 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and by siblings: Virgina Smith Carroll, Arthur Jackson “Buddy” Smith, Jr., Hal Peck Smith and Hugh Dwayne Smith.
In lieu of flowers: family requests that memorial donations be made to First Methodist “Hope House” and /or “Good Samartian Fund” .
Survivors include :
his Wife:
Mary Nell Smith, Hartselle, AL
One Son:
Charles Gordon Smith, Atlanta, GA
One Daughter:
Merry Elizabeth “Beth” McHugh (Tom), Hartselle, AL
Three Grandchildren:
Morgan Elizabeth McHugh,
Abby Katherine McHugh and
Charles Graham McHugh
Pallbearers will be Paul Wallace, Graham McHugh, Keith Harper, Jim Smith, Kenny Smith, and Jim Peck.
