NORTH CAROLINA, Oct. 18 – Morris G. Smith Jr., 87, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at home. Mr. Smith was born in Farmville on September 25, 1924, and was the son of the late Morris G. Smith and H. Lucille Smith. Mr. Smith proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII.

Surviving are his three sons, M. Gil Smith III of Huddleston, Gordon Dudley Smith of Charlotte, NC, and Kirby George Smith of Chantilly; two daughters, Kimberly Ann Majeski of Matthews, NC, and Corinne Linda Higdon of Cary, NC; sister, Thelma Brandon of Waterloo, IL; twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday, October 14, at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.

Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Home, North Carolina, served the family.