Otto Welborn Smith

Otto Welborn Smith, age 73, of Atlanta, died Friday, December 19, 2014. Born in Waycross, Georgia on December 8, 1941, he was the son of Otto Diester and Olive (Hall) Smith. Mr. Smith was a former Professor of Advertising at the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, co-owned Smith –Winn Advertising Agency in Jacksonville, Florida, and worked for an advertising agency firm in New York City. A collector of antiques, he loved to travel, loved art, Broadway, opera, good food and fine wine. Mr. Smith is preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his sister, Sylvia (Smith) and Al Washburn of Georgetown, Kentucky, formerly of Jacksonville, Florida; niece, Allison and Rev. Kenneth A. Miller of Weston, West Virginia; nephews, Mark A. Washburn of Benbrook, Texas, and Michael D. and Ruth Washburn of Georgetown, Kentucky; 4 great nieces; and 2 great nephews. A funeral service will be held at Patterson’s Spring Hill on Friday, December 26, 2014 at 2 o’clock with family member, Rev. Kenneth A. Miller, officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. The interment will be in Arlington Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at 2 o’clock. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in memory of Mr. Smith to the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Journalism Building, 120 Hooper Street, Athens, Georgia 30602.