Robert Taylor Smith

1939 - 2017

BORN

1939

DIED

2017

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Coastal Cremations - Carolina Shores

10180 Ocean Highway

Carolina Shores, North Carolina

Robert Smith Obituary

Robert Taylor Smith, 78, of Southport died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at the SECU Hospice House of Brunswick. He was born July 23, 1939.
Survivors include his wife, Gale Davis Smith of the home; daughter, Angela M. Smith Stewart of Fort Mill, S.C.; stepdaughter, Samantha Butts of Buies Creek; and two grandchildren.
A celebration of Robert's life will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 209 E. Nash St., Southport, with a reception to follow in the fellowship hall.
In lieu of flowers, donations made be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 209 E. Nash St., Southport, NC 28461 Attention: Financial Secretary; Lower Cape Fear Hospice for the SECU Hospice House of Brunswick, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401; or The Duke Cancer Institute, 710 W. Main St. Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701 or online http://gifts.duke.edu/dci.
Arrangements are in the care of Coastal Cremations, Carolina Shores.

Published by The Brunswick Beacon from Dec. 5 to Dec. 15, 2017.
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Such a good man, kind and thoughtful and personable and generous. He had a dry sense of humor and an appetite for good food. And anyone who's a Tar Heel fan is a friend of mine. We're going to miss Robert.

Tim Bass

December 6, 2017

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