Walter Smithwick Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Walter Smithwick (Jacksonville, Florida), born in Lebanon, Tennessee, who passed away on October 11, 2020, at the age of 81, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Walter Smithwick, Jr. and Dr. Smithwick; his wife Cornelia Munroe Covington Smithwick of Jacksonville; his children, Mary Elizabeth Fortugno (Greg George) of College Grove, TN, Dr. Walter Smithwick IV (Katherine) of Jacksonville and Michael Oliver Smithwick of Lebanon, TN; his grandchildren, Andrew Paul, Christina Elizabeth Fortugno, Emily Smithwick Garlow (Keith) and Elizabeth Rose Smithwick; his former wife LoyDean Smithwick of Lebanon, TN.; his sister Susan Smithwick Felts (Stephen) of Hermitage, TN; his sibling's children, Andrew Felts and Susannah Felts Dills (Tod); his cousin Stephen McLean of Nashville, TN; James N. McGarvey III and Michael Covington McGarvey of Charlotte, NC.
Due to the pandemic, a private funeral service for the family will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church followed by interment of ashes in their Memorial Garden.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in loving memory of Dr. Smithwick may be sent to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 4129 Oxford Ave., Jacksonville, Florida 32210 or to All Saints by-the-Sea Church, P.O. Box 377, Southport, Maine 04576.
