Rev. Morgan Shelton Smart

SMART, Rev. Morgan Shelton, 83, passed away at Covenant Woods Retirement Community on Monday, September 15, 2008 after a battle with cancer. He served United Methodist churches in the Virginia conference for 37 years. He also had a long career as a musician, beginning with playing the church organ at 14, directing many church choirs, and serving as an organist for seven years after his retirement from the ministry. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Nancy Perkins Smart; and two daughters, Katherine Smart of Kissimmee, Fla., and Ann Smart Martin and her husband, Carl, of Madison, Wis.; and granddaughter, Katherine Morgan Martin. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 18, at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, 8209 Shady Grove Rd., Mechanicsville, Va. Interment will follow in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, 1633 Kents Store Way, Kents Store, Va. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Beulah Baptist Church Building Fund.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.