TITLE:  Gene Smith

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 8, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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  SMITH, Gene
Gene Hopkins Smith, 63, of Awendaw, S.C., died Saturday, July 7, 2001. 
Gene was born on January 27, 1938, in St. Stephen, S.C. He was a son of
the late Archie Joshua and Pauline Smith. He was a graduate of the 
University of South Carolina. Mr. Smith retired after 30 years in the 
insurance business. He spent 20 of those years with Nationwide 
Insurance Offices in Mt. Pleasant and St. Stephen. Mr. Smith was a 
member of Heritage Presbyterian Church, the Exchange Club, and the 
Charleston Elks Club. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 
Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Gaynelle Williamson Smith; two 
sons, Rhett Hopkins Smith of Charleston and Patrick Michael Smith and 
daughter-in-law, Heidi Sager Smith of Mt. Pleasant; a sister, Mrs. 
Henry (Betty) Bonner of Moncks Corner. The family will receive friends 
from 6 until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2001, in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., 
MT. PLEASANT CHAPEL. Funeral services will be held at the Heritage 
Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 11 
a.m., followed by graveside services at the Mt. Pleasant Memorial 
Gardens. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 267 
Calhoun St., Charleston, S.C. 29401, or the Bone Marrow Transplant 
Unit, Roper Hospital, 316 Calhoun St., Charleston, S.C. 29401. 
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MT. PLEASANT CHAPEL. 
(The Post and Courier July 8, 2001)
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