Mr. Smith was born in Newport, Vermont, on May 20, 1949, and grew up in Barton, Vermont, graduating from Barton Academy in 1967. He then studied communications at the Cambridge School of Business and Broadcasting in Massachusetts before returning to Vermont to start his professional career first in Newport in newspaper and radio, and later in Burlington in radio, television, and public relations. Mr. Smith continued his professional endeavors in Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., before retiring to New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Mr. Smith is survived by his daughter Shelley Hanerfeld and son Sean Smith, his sisters Sharon Adams and Carol Racine, and niece Emily Marlow. He is predeceased by his father Wayland Smith and mother Shirley Webster.
