Rev. Dean Smith
Notice of Death - Rev. Dean Smith
Retired Local Pastor
Date of Death: 3/26/2024 | Date of Birth: 2/13/1934; | ClergyWe have received word of the Tuesday, March 26, 2024 death of the Rev. Hillard Dean Smith of Kings Mountain. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Gwendolyn Smith; three children: Kenneth Smith (wife Fran), Gary Smith, and Cynthia Barber (husband Steve); 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Pete, Wilburn, and Wayne Smith, and his sister, Nell Ledbetter. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 2:00pm in the Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel, Kings Mountain, with the Rev. David Jones officiating. The family received friends on Monday, April 1, 6-8pm at Harris Funeral Home. Dean has been laid to rest in Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
Dean’s history of service is: 90 Gastonia: Smyre; 93 Gilkey-Thermal City-Gilboa; 97 East Gaston; 98 Retired for pension purposes; 99 St Paul's (Gastonia); 02 Retired/St. Paul's (Gastonia); 06 Retired.
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Dean’s history of service is: 90 Gastonia: Smyre; 93 Gilkey-Thermal City-Gilboa; 97 East Gaston; 98 Retired for pension purposes; 99 St Paul's (Gastonia); 02 Retired/St. Paul's (Gastonia); 06 Retired.