Age 86, Lawton - Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. Bobbie McGarey, Interim Pastor, officiating. Captain Smith died Monday in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born on February 9, 1922 in Pink Hill, North Carolina to Willie and Magaline (Kornegay) Smith. He married Pansy Pierce in Duncan on May 3, 1942. He enlisted in the US Army in 1939 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He served with the 70th Field Artillery in Iceland (1943) and the European Theatre of Operations (1943-1945). His duties included working as a Forward Observer with the 29th Infantry Division and the 30th Infantry Division. Advancement stopped at the city of Magdeburg, Germany on the Elbe River when World War II ended. Captain Smith was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Ribbon with four battle stars. In addition to the service medals, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in military operations against the enemy in Germany. He also served in the Korean War, where he received his battlefield commission in 1950. He was later employed as an instructor for the Communications and Electronic Department of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill until he retired from civil service in 1972. While serving as an instructor, Captain Smith was responsible for the initial and revised publication of the Artillery Communication Equipment Guidebook in the 1960's, which was issued to all students for several years in the Combined Arms, Artillery, Armour, and Infantry Communication Courses. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. He was a member of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Masons for over 50 years. He was a member of the Knife and Fork Club and also served as a trustee, elder and member of the Builder's Club Sunday School class at First Presbyterian Church. He served multiple terms as President of the Jefferson Elementary PTA. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and sibling, who adored his family more than anything in the world. Survivors include his wife of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Sherry Smith of Chapin, South Carolina; two daughters and sons-in-law, Diane and Mike Henry of Austin, Texas, and Debra and Ron Watts of Lawton; five grandchildren, Leslie Hancock and her husband, Tommy, of Chapin, South Carolina, Allison Alford and her husband, Jon, of Austin, Texas, Megan Stein and her husband, Travis, of Dallas, Texas, Lacey Watts of Dallas, and Lauren Watts of Lawton; two great granddaughters, Braden and Becca Hancock of Chapin, South Carolina; a great grandson, Michael Lenwood Alford of Austin, Texas; two brothers, David Earl Smith and Dillian Smith, both of Pink Hill, North Carolina; a sister, Margie Grady of Albertson, North Carolina; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. His parents, a son, Leland Dale Smith, five brothers, Willie James Smith, Kenton Smith, Bobby Smith, Tom Smith and Kenneth Ray Smith, and two sisters, Elizabeth Gore and Margaret Smith, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 1302 SW A' Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.