Arnold Smith

ARNOLD J. SMITH Mr. Arnold Joyce Smith, 77, lifetime farmer and retired owner of Arnold Smith Implement Company, died Thursday, November 28, 2002, at his residence on Pulaski Pike. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Williamson, Ted Burleson, and Porter King officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 3:00 - 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Columbia Lions Club, The Family Center Building Fund, or the Maury County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. The Maury County native was the son of the late Emmitt Thomas Smith and Gertie Dugger Smith. He was married to Jane Marie Dodson Smith who preceded him in death on July 16, 1994. Mr. Smith was a 1943 graduate of Columbia Central High School. He served as Chairman of the Maury County Election Commission for thirty-eight years. He was former President and a forty-eight year member of the Columbia Lions Club, where he was a Melvin Jones Fellow recipient. Mr. Smith was a breeder and an avid participator in Walking Horse Activities and was a longtime member of the former Maury County Horseman's Association. He was a member of West Seventh Street Church of Christ and the Mynders Community Club.Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Teresa (Nelson) Lyles of Columbia; two grandchildren, Suzanne (Jeff) Jordan and Laura Truelove (James Marshall), both of Columbia; two great grandchildren, Nicholas Jordan and Jacob Jordan; two nieces, Jackie Markham of Columbia; and Gail Caruthers of Nashville. He was preceded in death by one son, Tommy Smith. Pallbearers will be Jerry Corvin, Todd Baxter, Mike Floyd, Dr. James Kelley, John Moser, Bobby Sands, John Markham, and Ray Howell. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Columbia Lions Club, Commissioners and Staff of the Maury County Election Commission, Billy Glynne Rummage, Dr. Amit Choksi, Dr. Tony Khim, Dr. Charles D. Wendt, Dr. Andrew Sisk, Dr. Marie Gorski, and doctors of the Columbia Oncology Group.