Smith, Stinson

Passed: 1979-08-21

Age: 68 y

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Death Notice: 1979-08-27

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Information:   Funeral services for Stinson Smith, 68, of Sissonville, retired Jackson and Kanawha County school principal, were held Thursday at Parsons Funeral Home Chapel in Ripley, with burial in Floral Hills Gardens at Pocatalico.   He died last Tuesday at his Jackson County residence.    He was born June 19, 1911 in Jackson County, the son of the late Della and Lucy Siders Smith.   He was a member of IOOF Lodge No, 30 of Ripley, Gay Encampment of Ripley, the Francis Canton of Clendenin.   He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree at Ohio University.   Survivors: wife, Norma Myrtle Good Smith of Sissonville; two sons, Melvin of Sissonville, Della of Jeffrey; two daughters, Mrs. Eugenia Pickering and Mrs. Myrtle Ann Shamblin, both of Sissonville; three brothers, Quentin of Hawaii, Ray of Baltimore, Md., Coy of Lexington, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Sobierajski of Baltimore, Md., Mrs.Lenore Seaman of Denver, Colo.: 10 grandchildren.