Smith, Ernest Dayton (Rev.)

Passed:

Age: 54

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1972-01-07

Information: The Rev. Ernest Dayton Smith, pastor of the Tyler Heights United Methodist Church, Charleston, died Saturday at his home after a long illness. Mr. Smith, 54, was a native of Sandyville, Jackson County, resident of Charleston 20 years, operator of the E. I. DuPont Co. for 30 years and member of Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church in Charleston.  He was ordained into the Methodist ministry in 1960 and since then has been pastor of the Hernshaw, Baber-Agee, Greenlee and the Valley Grove United Methodist Churches.  A 1952 graduate of Morris Harvey College, he also founded the St. Stephens United Methodist Church in Charleston.  In 1967, he was listed among Who's Who in Methodism.  He was a member of the Eastern Star at Malden, Board of Directors of the Malden Fire Department and was a Mason.  Surviving are his wife, Nellie Tyler Smith; sons, David B. of Hillcrest Heights, Md., and Larry K. of St. Albans; daughers, Mrs. Shayn Hicks and Misses Karen F. and Dawn Smith, all of Charleston.