Samuel Gilford Smith

1920 - 2004  (83 years)

• Name	Samuel Gilford Smith  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	25 Jul 1920	Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  SSN issued	Bef 1951	Florida, USA   [1]
  Social Security Number	263-20-7105  [1]
  Death	23 Mar 2004	Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA   [1, 2]
  	Samuel G. Smith March 26, 2004 July 25, 1920 - March 23, 2004 Funeral services for Samuel G. Smith, 83, of Pensacola, Fla., former Bainbridge resident, will be held today, March 27, at 11 a.m. at Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church with the Revs. Bruce Sheffield and Gina Adams-Riley officiating. Interment will follow in Myrtle Grove Cemetery with nephews, Stanley Youngblood, Ronald Smith, Dennis Smith, Stanley Smith, Alan Smith, Terry Dwayne Smith, Eddie Smith and Terry Lee Smith serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Oglesby, Christopher Lupton, Bill Brown, Jim Benton and Jim Potter. A reception will be held in the church fellowship hall following the services. Mr. Smith died Tuesday, March 23, 2004. A native of Bainbridge, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II, during which he received a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. In 1953 he co-founded Smith Plumbing and Heating with his brother, Hubert Smith. He was an active member of Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church since 1947, past president of the Pensacola Symphony, and a member of the Pensacola Suburban West Rotary Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Irene Smith. Survivors include his son, Roland G. Smith of Pensacola; a daughter, Sandra Chancellor, also of Pensacola; four brothers, Willis Smith of Bainbridge, and Hubert Smith, Leonard Smith and Julian Smith, all of Pensacola; six step-grandchildren and other relatives. Memorial contributions may be made to Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 3225, Pensacola, FL 32516. Oak Lawn Funeral Home of Pensacola is in charge of arrangements. ©The Post-Searchlight 2004
  Burial	27 Mar 2004	Myrtle Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Myrtle Grove, Escambia, Florida, USA   [2, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I796	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Edwin Cook Smith   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Ruth Johnson   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Irene Toney,   b. 2 Jan 1917, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 11 Sep 2003, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1941	Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Jul 1920 - Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, USA Marriage - 16 Aug 1941 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA SSN issued - Bef 1951 - Florida, USA Death - 23 Mar 2004 - Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Samuel G and Alice Irene Toney Smith gravestone

  
  

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  [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 263-20-7105; Issue State: Florida; Issue Date: Before 1951. Record for Samuel G. Smith http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=72952354&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=72952354&indiv=try [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32249634. Record for Samuel Gilford Smith http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=93263086&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=93263086&indiv=try [S350] Ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Volume: 636; Certificate: 21966 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=917049&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLmarriageindex&h=917049&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32249634 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32249634. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32249634 [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]