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Smith
Robert Lee "Bob or Preacher Smith"
11/3/2021
5/16/1928
11/10/2021
Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, MO
Aged 93; (Korean Conflict veteran/coal miner and dragline operator at Associated Electric Cooperative 47 yrs./member United Mine Workers of America/ordained Baptist minister who preached in 30 different churches across Mid-Missouri/real estate agent and broker/coached his sons' baseball teams); son of the late Henry Olen Smith and the late Nellie G. (Wilhite) Smith (b. 5/16/1928 Wynadotte, Wayne County, MI); 1945 graduate of Harrisburg High School (Harrisburg, Boone County, MO); husband of the late Carolyn Rose (Collins) Smith (m.?) & she preceded him in death on 2/5/1986 and of Carol Ann (Friedrich) Burgin Smith (m. 2/14/1987 Community United Methodist Church Columbia, Boone County, MO) & she preceded him death on 8/30/2018; father of Mark Lee "Smitty" Smith & the late Michael Davin Smith; step-father of Barth Alan Burgin, Bonita Kay (Burgin) Fitzmaurice & Rev. Bendi Ann Burgin; brother of the late William Everette Smith, the late Joel Henry Smith & the late Joyce Yvonne (Smith) Carter; (Note: a second obit appeared in the 11/13/2021 issue of the MMI)
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