David Kenneth Smith

1939 - 2020  (81 years)

• Name	David Kenneth Smith
  Birth	6 Oct 1939	Spindale, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Dec 2020	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
  Notes	Find-a-Grave Obituary David Kenneth Smith David Kenneth Smith, age 81, beloved husband of Judith D. Bass Smith, died on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born in Spindale, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Otis Mayrock Smith II and Lois Moss Smith. After high school, Dave attended Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, before he was drafted into the Air Force. During his career in the Air Force, he spent time in Germany, Myrtle Beach and Vietnam. He retired after 23 years of service as a master sergeant. Dave went to work with a finance company in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then moved to Natchez, Mississippi, where he met his wife and best friend, Judy Bass. They married and eventually settled in Sumter when he retired. It was at that time that he went to work for Ray's Keyboards while also working alongside Judy as vendor stockers at the commissary on Shaw Air Force Base. Surviving in addition to his wife are one sister, Deanna McJunkin; and numerous loving nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Michael Ray Smith and Otis Mayrock Smith III; and one sister, Ramona Carlton.
  Person ID	I55786	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family	Judith Bass,   b. 29 Jan 1947, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi d. 7 Apr 2021, West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F19107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2022