Stanley E. Smith Sr.
Stanley Elburn Smith Sr., 78, of Elkton, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Smith was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Rockingham County and was the son of the late Claude J. Smith Sr. and Lillian McDorman Smith.
He was a member of the Mount Olive Brethren Church and had played fast-pitch softball for a number of years. He had retired from Wayne-Tex in Waynesboro after 28 years. He had most recently worked at Wal-Mart.
On June 11, 1949, he married Marelia Morris “Sissy” Smith, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Neil E. Smith of Harrisonburg, Stanley E. Smith Jr. of Waynesboro and Jesse R. Smith of Mathias, W.Va.; two daughters, Deborah A. Smith of Elkton and Barbara J. Thornton of Harriston; a brother, Claude J. Smith Jr. of Harriston; a sister, Audrey Powers of Baltimore, Md.; a grandson raised in the home, Barry Herring of Elkton; 14 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Pastors Fredric G. Miller and Jeff Ferguson will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at the Mount Olive Brethren Church in Pineville. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Harrisonburg.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Elkton Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 152, Elkton, VA 22827.
Online condolences may be sent tot he family at www.kygers.com.
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