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SMITH - Carl A. Smith, Sr., 87,
Lieutenant Colonel (United States Army, retired) passed away Monday,
October 30, 2006 at the Hadlow Center. A career soldier, he was awarded
the Bronze Star on two separate occasions and as a member of the 508th
Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped at Normandy and Nijmegen. He served
in the Korean Conflict and retired as battalion commander 303rd Army
Security and Intelligence in 1964. He went on to earn a Master's Degree
from Jacksonville University and wrote a family history. He was a member
of Hogan Baptist Church, and is survived by his loving wife Edna
Josephine Evans Phillips Smith, a son, Carl A. Smith, Jr., his wife Una,
and a daughter, Brenda E. Kovalcik and husband, Jack. He is also
survived by a step-son, James S. Phillips and wife Karen, a
step-daughter, Diane P. Musseau and husband Braxton, a sister, Violet
Carico, and six grandchildren: Conan Smith, Alexandra Smith, Michael
Pittman, Richard Pittman, Stephanie Musseau, Christie Caldwell and
Matthew Musseau, and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be
held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 4, 2006 at Hogan Baptist Church, 8045
Hogan Road with Rev. Russell Kauffman and Rev. Larry Weaver officiating.
Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia at
a later date to be decided. The family will receive friends Friday
evening from 6-8 p.m. at HARDAGE-GIDDENS FUNERAL HOME, 6940 Atlantic
Boulevard. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Disabled Veterans, Jacksonville City Rescue Mission, or Hogan
Baptist Church.
(The Florida Times-Union,
Jacksonville, FL, 3 Nov 2006 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker) |
(courtesy of Anne Cady) |
