Col. Dewey Lee Smith

Colonel Dewey Lee Smith, 85, passed while in the nursing home in Luverne, Alabama on February 9, 2015. A highly decorated veteran of the Cold War and the Vietnam War and a POW of the Vietnam War, he was awarded numerous medals for valor and citations for achievement including but not limited to the Silver Star (2), Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross for Valor (2), Bronze Star for Valor, Purple Heart (2), and Prisoner of War Medal. Colonel Smith was a courageous, honorable and loyal airman, as well as a patient and loving father, a humble family man, and a faithful servant of God. He married Elaine Hall in Glenwood, Alabama in 1974. Colonel Smith was born on November 11, 1929 in Louisville, KY to John and Edna Smith. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Elaine Hall Smith, his daughters, Vicki Boyd of Chattanooga and Sandy Smith of Louisville; his sons, Lieutenant Colonel Dewey L. Smith, Jr. “Chip” of Missoula, MT, Captain Jonathan Smith (April) and Sergeant Joshua Smith (Samlong) of Louisville; his grandchildren, Mike, Halle, Mahalia, Kaden, Kellan, Samara, and Serena; his sister, Mildred Davis of Shepherdsville; and many nieces and nephews who adored their Uncle Dewey. Colonel Dewey was preceded in death by his parents, John and Edna; his brothers, Homer Smith and Johnny Ray Smith (Louisville), Cedar Smith of Charlestown, IN; his sisters, Alice Oney of Louisville, Elizabeth Trotter of Chattanooga, and Mary Stewart of Evarts, KY; daughter, Donna.