Robert Leonard SMITH

SMITH, Robert Leonard, 78, husband of Barbara Jordan Smith, formerly of Mechanicsville and Richmond, Va., died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. He was born April 12, 1931 in Richmond, Va., the son of the late George Robert and Josphine Nordvall Smith. He was a CPL of the U.S. Army, serving in Germany for two years. He was the Co-Founder/ Co-Owner of Golf Dimensions, and Chairman of the Board of Golf Dimensions, Inc., North Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was retired Vice-President of Finance with Southern Special Products, Richmond, Va., a division of Lydall, Inc., Manchester, Conn. Survivors, including his wife, are two sons, Robert L. Smith Jr. of N. Myrtle Beach, .S.C, and John L. White of Spartanburg, S.C.; five daughters, Mary E. Smith of N. Myrtle Beach, S.C., Charlene S. Jordan, and V. Elaine Leibgott, both of Chesterfield, Va., Michele S. Phillips of Midlothian, Va., and Shirley A. Keen of Mechanicsville, Va.; 13 grandchildren, Michael Tiva of Las Vegas, Nev., Christopher Smith of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Travis Jordan, Justin Jordan, Kari Smith, and Joshua Leibgott, all of Chesterfield, Va., Jonathan Smith of N. Myrtle Beach, S.C., Amanda Benfield of Akron, Ohio, Stephen Phillips and Rachel Phillips, both of Midlothian, Va., Jessica Keen and Cody Keen, both of Mechanicsville, Va., and Brian White of Spartanburg, S.C.; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 1 p.m. at McMillan-Small Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Daniel officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Funeral Home. An online guest book is available at www.msfh.net.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.