Richard B. Smith

Memorials may be made to the Backstoppers---The Police Officers & Firefighters Fund. Beloved husband of Melva Smith; loving father of Glen Alan (Shelley)Smith, Susan C. (Kenneth Ray) Nanney, Martin C. Smith, and Bridget (Joshua) Ungarsky; dear father-in-law of Elizabeth Smith; proud grandfather of Paul (Gina) Nanney, Patrick Nanney, Michelle Smith, Bryan Heaston, and Kaylee Ungarsky; dear great-grandfather of Emma Grace Nanney, Corey Bennett, and Matthew Bennett. Preceded in death by parents Cleo and Freedith (nee: Lenox) Smith. Mr. Smith was a truck driver for McDonnell Douglas for 26 years. He also served for 5 years with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was an amateur Radio Operator since 1953 with the call sign W0TAO. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War in Alaska and at the Pentagon in Washington DC.