Obituaries (Sl, Sm)
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Lawrence Slater, 56, of South Main Street, died at the Binghamton City Hospital Saturday morning. He had been a patient in the Packer Hospital at Sayre also. Mr. Slater was a veteran of the First World War, having served three years in the Navy, enlisting a year before the outbreak of the war. He served as Chief Machinist's Mate and made many crossings of the Atlantic with soldiers and supplies for France. During his residence in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], he served for a number of years as Trustee of the Village and was deeply interested in Village improvements. He was also a Trustee of Afton Free Library serving in that office since 1935. He was employed for several years as the Superintendent of School Bus transportation in Afton Central School. Mr. Slater was greatly interested in early local history and especially Indian legends and relics of our community. He had acquired a splendid collection of Indian relics and was consulted many times by other collectors of neighboring counties. Just before his fatal illness he had begun to gather material for a scrapbook of Afton's history for the Library. During World War II he resigned his position with the school and accepted a position in the Experimental Engineering Department of Scintilla Magneto Corp. Mr. Slater is survived by a daughter, Miss Florence Slater and a son, Harold, recently returned from overseas duty with the American troops. Mrs. Edna Slater, his wife, died two years ago. Funeral services were held at the Fisher and Carpenter Funeral Home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m., the Rev. Alan Douglas, of the Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton. [MHD notation: March 23, 1949]
The body of Mrs. Anna L. Smith will arrive in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] today at 6:16 am, and will be taken to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral Home, 483 Chenango St., where friends may call this evening. The body will be taken to her home, 2 Watson Ave., Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], Saturday morning, where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 pm. The Rev. Clifford Weber will officiate. Burial will be in Coventry, NY [Chenango Co.]. [MHD notation: April 2, 1949]
Clark Edward Smith, 73 years old, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died Friday afternoon in the Afton hospital, after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Manning Smith; two sons, Edward and Russell Smith; three grandchildren, all of Coventry and a sister, Miss Anna Smith of Port Dickinson. Mr. Smith was a member of the Coventry Grange and the Coventry M.E. church. He has served as road commissioner for 12 years and was a past member of the Afton school board. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Coventry M.E. church. The Rev. William Bartz of Castle Creek officiated. Burial was in Coventry cemetery. Arrangements by E.F. Tabor, Afton. [MHD notation: Dec. 25, 1940]
Mrs. Clark Smith, 81, of the Town of Coventry, Afton, R.D.1 [Chenango Co., NY], died Sunday evening at the home of her son, Russel M. Smith, after a short illness. Besides her son, she is survived by two brothers, Frank Manning, of Coventry, and Will Manning, of Darien, Ga. [MHD notation: Oct. 7, 1951]
Residents of the village and vicinity were saddened Monday noon by the grim horrors of war when word was received here of the first war casualty. Reported killed in action in France on June 24 is Pvt. Edson H. Smith, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette L. Smith, according to a telegram received from the War Department. Previously his parents had received a telegram stating that he was missing in action on that date. Pvt. Smith, who was an infantryman, had been in France since the invasion of Normandy. The last letter his parents received from him was dated June 18, just six days before the fatal hour. Edson entered the service on April 1, 1942 and received his training at Camp Croft, S.C., Camp Gordon, Ga., and Camp Gordon, Johnston, Fla., and arrived in England in January of this year. He has three brothers in the service, Pfc. Harold Smith, who is in England; Lt. Robert F. Smith, a pilot in Italy; and Fayette L. Smith, Jr., S 2/C AOM, of Memphis, Tenn. Pvt. Smith was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] June 9, 1914. He attended Bainbridge High School and St. Peter's Church. Before entering the service he was employed at the Scintilla Magneto Co., Sidney. Surviving besides his parents and three brothers already mentioned are two brothers, Claude Smith and Kenneth Smith, both of Bainbridge; his grandmother, Mrs. Belle Smith, and an aunt, Mrs. Nina Lovejoy, both of Harpursville. [MHD notation: d. 1944]
The body of Private Edson H. Smith, Co. D, 1st Bn., 8th Infantry, 4th Motorized Division, will arrive in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the evening train at 8:39 DST, Thursday, July 8. Private Smith, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette L. Smith, Sr. who lost his life June 24, 1944, during the invasion of Normandy, was the first local boy reported killed during World War II. This is the second casualty of war to arrive in Bainbridge. The body will be removed to the Harold Sherman Funeral Chapel where friends may call Thursday evening from 9 to 10 p.m. and Friday morning. Military rites will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family plot in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The Rev. A.C. Brokaw, chaplain of Slater-Silvernail Post No. 806 American Legion, will offer prayer, followed by a military service conducted by Leon R. Mott Post No. 6511, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pall-bearers will be his five brothers, Harold, of Afton' Robert, of Syracuse' Claude, Fayette, Jr., Kenneth, of Bainbridge, and his cousin, Orville Smith, of Bainbridge. Besides his parents and five brothers, Private Smith is survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Belle Smith of Harpursville. .... [MHD notation: buried here, July 1948]
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The body of Mrs. Anna L. Smith will arrive in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] today at 6:16 am, and will be taken to the Hopler & Georgia Funeral Home, 483 Chenango St., where friends may call this evening. The body will be taken to her home, 2 Watson Ave., Port Dickinson [Broome Co., NY], Saturday morning, where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 pm. The Rev. Clifford Weber will officiate. Burial will be in Coventry, NY [Chenango Co.]. [MHD notation: April 2, 1949]
Clark Edward Smith, 73 years old, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], died Friday afternoon in the Afton hospital, after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Manning Smith; two sons, Edward and Russell Smith; three grandchildren, all of Coventry and a sister, Miss Anna Smith of Port Dickinson. Mr. Smith was a member of the Coventry Grange and the Coventry M.E. church. He has served as road commissioner for 12 years and was a past member of the Afton school board. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Coventry M.E. church. The Rev. William Bartz of Castle Creek officiated. Burial was in Coventry cemetery. Arrangements by E.F. Tabor, Afton. [MHD notation: Dec. 25, 1940]
Mrs. Clark Smith, 81, of the Town of Coventry, Afton, R.D.1 [Chenango Co., NY], died Sunday evening at the home of her son, Russel M. Smith, after a short illness. Besides her son, she is survived by two brothers, Frank Manning, of Coventry, and Will Manning, of Darien, Ga. [MHD notation: Oct. 7, 1951]
Residents of the village and vicinity were saddened Monday noon by the grim horrors of war when word was received here of the first war casualty. Reported killed in action in France on June 24 is Pvt. Edson H. Smith, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette L. Smith, according to a telegram received from the War Department. Previously his parents had received a telegram stating that he was missing in action on that date. Pvt. Smith, who was an infantryman, had been in France since the invasion of Normandy. The last letter his parents received from him was dated June 18, just six days before the fatal hour. Edson entered the service on April 1, 1942 and received his training at Camp Croft, S.C., Camp Gordon, Ga., and Camp Gordon, Johnston, Fla., and arrived in England in January of this year. He has three brothers in the service, Pfc. Harold Smith, who is in England; Lt. Robert F. Smith, a pilot in Italy; and Fayette L. Smith, Jr., S 2/C AOM, of Memphis, Tenn. Pvt. Smith was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] June 9, 1914. He attended Bainbridge High School and St. Peter's Church. Before entering the service he was employed at the Scintilla Magneto Co., Sidney. Surviving besides his parents and three brothers already mentioned are two brothers, Claude Smith and Kenneth Smith, both of Bainbridge; his grandmother, Mrs. Belle Smith, and an aunt, Mrs. Nina Lovejoy, both of Harpursville. [MHD notation: d. 1944]
The body of Private Edson H. Smith, Co. D, 1st Bn., 8th Infantry, 4th Motorized Division, will arrive in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] on the evening train at 8:39 DST, Thursday, July 8. Private Smith, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette L. Smith, Sr. who lost his life June 24, 1944, during the invasion of Normandy, was the first local boy reported killed during World War II. This is the second casualty of war to arrive in Bainbridge. The body will be removed to the Harold Sherman Funeral Chapel where friends may call Thursday evening from 9 to 10 p.m. and Friday morning. Military rites will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family plot in Greenlawn Cemetery [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY]. The Rev. A.C. Brokaw, chaplain of Slater-Silvernail Post No. 806 American Legion, will offer prayer, followed by a military service conducted by Leon R. Mott Post No. 6511, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pall-bearers will be his five brothers, Harold, of Afton' Robert, of Syracuse' Claude, Fayette, Jr., Kenneth, of Bainbridge, and his cousin, Orville Smith, of Bainbridge. Besides his parents and five brothers, Private Smith is survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Belle Smith of Harpursville. .... [MHD notation: buried here, July 1948]
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