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today in the chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son. Smart Chevrolet Company, were held at 10 a.m.
Smart, 59, Pine Bluff businessman, leader in the development of aviation in Arkansas and president of the F. The family has requested that no flowers be sent.įuneral services for Felix G. Byrd, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and the Rev. in the chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son by the Rev. Navy.įuneral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. Dunklin, all of Pine Bluff.Īnother son, Felix Smart, Jr., lost his life during World War II while serving with the U. Lee Smart, Roger Smart, Elise Dunklin, Dabney Dunklin and William H.
Ray West, all of Pine Bluff eight grandchildren, Jane Smart of Memphis, Merideth Smart, Felix G. Survivors include his wife, the former Elise Moore of Pine Bluff, one son, Richard B. It was the first such selection made by the Jaycees. In 1940, he was voted Man of the Year by the Pine Bluff Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the First Methodist Church. He was potentate of the Sahara Shine in 1932. 73, F&AM, and a member of the Arkansas Consistory in Little Rock. He was a charter member of Quapaw Lodge No. Smart was a past president of the Pine Bluff Rotary Club, a member of the Chamber of Commerce in which he had been extremely active, and a member and past president of the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association. He also counted membership in the Quiet Birdmen, an exclusive national organizational of veteran pilots.ĭuring the last two years of his service with the Air Corps he was a member of the staff of the commanding general of the force. Smart held a colonel’s commission in the Air Force Reserve. He served for a number of years in the Naval Reserve as a flyer and during World War II served in the Air Corps as a colonel. Smart was a member of the National Aeronautics Board and an affiliate member of the international organization.
Smart made several speeches for the project and took several trips to Washington on behalf of the field. Largely through his efforts in 1940, citizens of Pine Bluff were sold on the idea of voting a bond issue for airport construction. He was entitled to be called the “father” of the city’s airport and Grider Field. Smart was instrumental in civil aeronautics in Pine Bluff. Smart died in Pine Bluff in 1913.įor many years interested in aviation, Mr. Smart was educated in Pine Bluff schools and when in his teens became associated with the automobile firm established by his father. Smart was born June 18, 1898, son of the late Felix Gillespie and Ethel Van Valkenburg Smart, members of pioneer Arkansas families. Smart Chevrolet Company, died unexpectedly this morning at the family residence, 4403 South Elm.Ī native of Pine Bluff, Mrs. Prominent Businessman Felix Smart Dies at Homeįelix G.
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