Fred E. Smith

Fred E. Smith age 81, of Walland, died Sunday, June 4, 2006 at the family home. His comedy and musical talents were enjoyed by many in East Tennessee and Nashville with Red Rector as the comedy duo "Red and Fred, the Spivey Mountain Boys" on the Mid-day Merry-Go-Round at WNOX and the Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour. Specifically, in Sevier County he performed at the Archie Campbell Hee Haw Show and the Comedy Barn. In Nashville, he performed at the Boots Randolph Dinner Theater, and more recently he performed in the Tri-Cities area with Tim White and the V.W. Boys. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ballard and Pearl Smith; brother, Ballard Gordon Smith Jr.; former wife, Charlotte C. Smith; son, Farrell Smith; and granddaughter, Jennifer Ann Smith. He is survived by sons, Timothy Q. Smith of Walhalla, S.C., Kenneth B. Smith of Clinton, TN., Darrell M. and wife, Melissa Smith of Clinton, TN.; daughters and sons-in-law, Janet and Mike Pierce and Cathy and Mike Miller of Louisville, TN.; Vanessa Byrge of Maryville; 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren; brother, James Smith; sisters, Marie Dillingham and Kathleen Arthur, all of Asheville, N.C.; special friends, Louis Hatcher and Tim White. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 7:30 P.M. in the West Chapel of Smith Mortuary with Eulogy given by Tim White. The family and friends will assemble at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at the Grandview Mausoleum for Entombment service. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Blount Memorial Hospital Hospice program. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. in the West Chapel of Smith Mortuary, Maryville, 983-1000. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Fred E. Smith please visit our Sympathy Store.