Clinton Eugene Smith

Clinton Eugene Smith, 64, died unexpectedly on December 28, 2012 at the North Texas Medical Center. He was born on September 29, 1948 in Gainesville, the son of Cleamon E. and Dollie Mae Turnham Smith.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Hubert Wright officiating and Dr. Eddie Chennault assisting. A visitation will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, December 29, 2012 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm.

Clinton graduated from Gainesville High School in 1967. He worked for Weber Aircraft of Gainesville for 45 years. He was a genuinely above exceptional human being who loved his family dearly. He was willing to help anyone out and put everyone before himself. He will be greatly missed from all those that came to know him and all the lives that he had touched. He loved his Gainesville sports, Cowboys, and his Texas Longhorns. He loved to fish. He never liked to be away from his home in Gainesville for very long. He loved reading his daily Fort Worth Star Telegram every morning, his Diet Cokes, cookies, and he never used a straw. He Coached baseball, basketball, and soccer. He was always upbeat and proud to be a Smith and a Texan.

Clinton is survived by his beloved wife of 44 years, Diane (Meyers) Smith; his son Chad E. Smith and his wife Traci of Keller; his daughter Christy Stenger and her husband Robert Sr. of Manassas, VA; granchildren Robert, Christopher, and Rebecca Stenger, Alexander and Brianna Wagner, Hayden and Nolan Smith; sister Cindy Shaw and her husband David of Denison; brother Mark A. Smith and his wife Kim of Fort Worth; Taryn and Tyler Clinton Smith and many other nieces and nephews; and his beloved pet Schnauzer Gizmo.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister Cleta Smith-Kish.

Pallbearers will be Ronald Martin, Gary Martin, Ricky Huddleston, Danny Kretzschmar, Jeff Mills, and Larry Browning. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Stenger, Christopher Stenger, and Hayden Smith.

A memorial fund has been set up at Landmark Bank under Clinton Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.