Calvin C. Smith Sr.

Calvin C. Smith, Sr., of Worton, MD, died September 25, 2006. He was 86. Born in Kent County, MD, he was the son of the late Dr. Frank Wilmer Smith, a co-founder of Chester River Hospital Center, and the late Eva Foxwell Smith. Mr. Smith was a 1938 graduate of St. Paul’s School in Baltimore. In 1940, he received his accounting degree from Beacom College and later attended Cornell University School of Hotel Management. For fourteen years, he served as the General Manager for Great Oak, while also working as a real estate broker. In the early 1960’s, Mr. Smith took a position as Treasurer and Vice President with David A. Bramble, Inc. and held that position until his retirement in 1994. He was a 50-year member of Chester Lodge #115 AF & AM in Chestertown, the Chester River Shriner Club, and Boumi Temple. He was recently honored with admittance in the 100 Club. Mr. Smith served on the vestry at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church several times over the years. He was a member on the Foundation Board for Chester River Hospital Center as well as serving on the Board of Directors at the Chester River Hospital Center for three terms. In addition to his wife, Jean W. Smith, of 56 years, he is survived by a son, Calvin C. Smith, Jr., of Worton, MD; a daughter, Roberta S. Rengarts of Worton; a sister, Helen Auer of Baltimore; and four grandchildren, Erin, Sarah, and Karmin Smith, and Nicholas Smith-Rengarts. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 29, 2006 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Sandy Bottom Road, Chestertown, MD. Relatives and friends may call on Thursday, September 28, 2006, between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown. Interment will be in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery. Those serving as pallbearers are Preston Jacquette, Robert H. Strong, Jr., Scott Smith, Ernest ‘Tot’ Strong, Todd Smith, Danny Bramble, Alan Bramble, Mark Bramble, Jim Wright, George Lenher, Ted Landskroener, and Ernest Cookerly. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, 7579 Sandy Bottom Road, Chestertown, MD 21620 or to the Chester River Hospital Center, 100 Brown Street, Chestertown, MD 21620.