1938

Harry Lee Smith was born in 1938 in Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, USA a child of Eugene Bennett Smith and Ethel Leah Parker. He had three siblings, namely: Avis, Larry, and Donald Adam.

1940

Harry Lee Smith was counted in the census on 15 May 1940 in Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, USA, as an one-year-old male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father Eugene B. Smith, his mother Ethel Smith, and brother, Larry Smith.

1961

When he was 23, he married Janet Margaret Sutton, daughter of Victor Joseph Smith and Beatrice Alice Bateman, on 05 Feb 1961 in Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, USA at Wade Baptist Church.

2021

LUGOFF- A celebration of life service for Harry Lee Smith, 83, will be held Monday, September 27, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. at St. John United Methodist Church with inurnment to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The Rev. Angela Marshall will officiate. The family request that you wear Tarheel blue to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church.

    Mr. Smith passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Born in Wadesboro, N.C., he was a son of the late Eugene Bennett Smith and Ethel Leah Parker Smith. Mr. Smith was a Major in the U.S. Army and served for 20 years including 2 tours in Vietnam. He received a Bronze Star, among numerous other accommodations, for his honorable service.  He also taught high school in Kershaw County for 23 years. Mr. Smith was a member of St. John United Methodist Church. He enjoyed watching North Carolina Basketball, playing the lottery, breakfast with the ROMEOS and debating anything (especially politics).

   Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Janet Margaret Sutton Smith; children, Steven Victor Smith of Lugoff, S.C., Jeffery Sutton Smith of Camden, Leigh Michelle Knotts (Chris) of Camden; grandchildren, Christopher “C.J.” Knotts, Jr., Margaret “Maggie” Knotts; and sister, Avis Hampton (Denver) Huntersville, N.C.  He was predeceased by brothers, Larry Smith and Donald Smith.

Celebration of Life

1:30 pm
St. John United Methodist Church
45 Roseborough Road
Lugoff, South Carolina, United States
803-408-8711