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MARTHA SMITH Obituary


MARTHA JANE CLAYPOOL SMITH  (Age 100)  
Peacefully at her home on Friday, July 11, 2014. Loving wife of the late Capt. Charles E. Smith, U.S.N. (Ret.); step-mother of Deborah Smith of New York, NY and Sheryl Smith of Atlantic Beach, NY; grandmother of Ashley and Arielle Chapin of Atlantic Beach, NY. She was born in Bonham, Texas and graduated from Rice University with a B.A. and Master's degree in French literature. She served in the C.I.A. where she was desk chief of the Latin American division, for which she was awarded a Career Achievement medal. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on July 15 at Murphy Funeral Home, 4510 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

Published by The Washington Post on Jul. 15, 2014.
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