Washington County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Hal H. Smith

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Bristol Herald Courier
http://www.bristolnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/Page/TRI_FrontPage
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  

All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the 
contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright 
Laws and Regulations.

In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, 
these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may 
be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained 
from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are 
included.

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit.

Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission 
from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites.

The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the 
file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Hal H. Smith
    Hal H. Smith, age 85, died Nov. 19, 2002, at Westminster-Thurber
Retirement Community. He retired in 1982 from East Tennessee State University
where he served as head librarian and microfilms librarian for 34 years.
Before coming to E.T.S.U. he worked at the New York Public Library, University
of Chicago Library and served as director of the Warton American Technical
School Library, which was operated for GI's by the U.S. Army in England. He
was a 1941 graduate of Berea College and later earned two professional degrees
at the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago. During 4 1/2
years in World War II , he served as an Army Warrant Officer with the First
Coast Artillery in Panama and the Signal Corps, Medical Corps and Special
Services in Europe. His professional memberships and activities were in the
American Library Association, the Association of College and University
Libraries, state and regional library associations, Phi Delta Kappa and
American Association of University Professors. He was a member of Munsey
Memorial United Methodist Church in Johnson City, Tenn., for many years where
he served as Sunday School teacher and superintendent, steward, trustee and on
various church boards, commissions and councils. He served as president of the
Washington County Retired Teacher's Association for two years in Tennessee. He
was born and reared in Bristol Tennessee, to William David and Mattie Randolph
Smith. Survived by: wife, Florence Muelder Smith; daughters, Ruth Smith of
Worchester, Mass., Carol Smith of Falls Church, Va.,. and Judith Smith-Bechtel
of Columbus, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may
be made to Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church in Johnson City or to the
East Tennessee State University Library. He donated his body to The Ohio State
University School of Medicine for medical research. Memorial services will be
announced at a later date. Arrangements completed at Jerry Spears Funeral
Home, 2693 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH.