Fort Mill, SC – Mr. Richard Odell Smith, Sr. 88, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Born on August 7, 1936, Richard was a native of Rock Hill, SC and the son of the late Floyd Odell Smith and the late Alma Louise Stowe Smith.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapel, 1320 India Hook Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Richard was a 1955 graduate of Fort Mill High School. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and served in the National Guard. Richard was a longtime member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he served as an usher. He retired from Illinois Tool Works where he worked in Warehousing. Richard loved photography and had a large collection of cameras. He enjoyed watching war documentaries, NASCAR, golf and the Gamecocks. Richard also enjoyed visiting the beach with family and traveling with his wife, Ann. His family meant the world to him and he always told them know how much he loved each of them. Richard lost his loving wife in August after 67 years of marriage.
Richard is survived by his sons, Richard Odell Smith, Jr. (Lynne) of Belafonte, PA and James “Mike” Smith (Teri) of Fort Mill, SC; six grandchildren, Brittany Hunsinger (Jason), Dana Littlejohn (Mike), Richard Odell Smith, III, Evelyn Smith, Clint Allsopp (Nicole) and Jessica A. Edwards (Jake); nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter and his brother-in-law, Harvey Cassell. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Joyce Smith and Patricia Cassell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mr. Smith’s name to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1320 India Hook Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Condolences may be made to the Smith family at www.greenefuneralhome.net.