Nelson E. "Smitty" Smith

November 28, 1944 - August 21, 2013

Nelson E. “Smitty” Smith, 68, of Naomi (Fayette City) went to be with the Lord, with his family by his side, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Wylie Eugene and Mildred Urch Smith, he was born November 28, 1944, in North Charleroi. Smitty was a lifelong resident of the Mon Valley, and served in the Army during the Vietnam Era. He was an active member of the Fayette City Alliance Church, where he assisted with the youth group, was a member of the Naomi Club, the Fayette City American Legion Post 484, where he was a Past Commander and a member of the Honor Guard, was the First Vice Commander of Fayette County Committee of the American Legion, was the 24th District Deputy of the American Legion and was a 1963 graduate of Frazier High School. Smitty was a truck driver for the majority of his life, being both self employed as well as driving for J.A. Trucking. He was currently a school van driver for the Belle Vernon School District. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Beth Jean Hardy. Survivors include his wife of 15 years, Joyce A. Kunsa Smith; a son, Charles Nelson Smith and his girlfriend Elizabeth Paulo of Uniontown; a daughter, Heather L. Ferencz of Fayette City; a granddaughter, Laylah Nicole Ferencz of Fayette City, a grandson, Adam Ryan Phillips of Fayette City; a brother and sister-in-law Robert W. and Janet Smith of Waynesburg; three sisters, M. Marie Pugh of York, Marjorie DeBord of Massillon, OH, and Kathryn DeBord and her husband Fred, Jr. of West Brownsville; a brother-in-law, Edward Hardy of Scottdale as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Friends will be received at the Fayette City Alliance Church on Monday from 2-4 P.M. and 6 until time of service at 8 P.M., with Rev. Paul Cope, Acting Assistant District Superintendant for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Western Pennsylvania officiating. Interment will be held on Tuesday at 11am in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies (Please meet at the Cemetery). The Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 724-929-5300, 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon is handling the arrangements. www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com If friends wish, memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Fayette City Alliance Church.