Glenn Allen "Rusty" Smith Salem, Kentucky Obituary

Glenn Allen "Rusty" Smith

<p>Mr. Glenn Allen &ldquo;Rusty&rdquo; Smith, was born January 23, 1937 in Tiline to Gobel and Gertrude Smith. The 1937 flood was at its highest. The Smith&rsquo;s lived in a two room house. Friends and family members left their homes around Tiline and stayed with the Smith&rsquo;s until they could return home.</p> <p>Glenn Allen was a farmer, he also worked at Air Products in Calvert City for twenty years. He was a member of Tiline Missionary Baptist Church.</p> <p>Glenn Allen was an outdoorsman, loved the rivers, mountains, all animals, nature and the countryside. He had been a hunter, but after years he became a protector of the animals.</p> <p>Daily, he wanted to go riding in the county countryside and enjoy the scenery and talk about his friends and the days of going to Oak Ridge School near Tiline. He was ready to point out a certain place and what happened there. One of the things he liked was remembering the fox hunters around Tiline.</p> <p>Surviving is his wife, of 65 years, Mary Lou Lytton Smith; Daughter, Darlene (Ree) O&rsquo;Nan; granddaughters Elizabeth Harrington and Samantha (Mark) Rupcke; grandson Dustin Thomason and 5 great grandchildren.</p> <p>He was preceded in death by his parents and son Jeffrey Smith.</p> <p>&nbsp;Funeral Services with be Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Boyd Funeral Directors and Cremation Services. Burial will be at Dyer Hill Cemetery.</p> <p>Friends may visit with the family from 11:00 AM until the funeral hour.</p> <p>Condolences may be left on line at boydfuneraldirectors.com</p>
January 23, 1937 - April 20, 202201/23/193704/20/2022
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Mr. Glenn Allen “Rusty” Smith, was born January 23, 1937 in Tiline to Gobel and Gertrude Smith. The 1937 flood was at its highest. The Smith’s lived in a two room house. Friends and family members left their homes around Tiline and stayed with the Smith’s until they could return home.

Glenn Allen was a farmer, he also worked at Air Products in Calvert City for twenty years. He was a member of Tiline Missionary Baptist Church.

Glenn Allen was an outdoorsman, loved the rivers, mountains, all animals, nature and the countryside. He had been a hunter, but after years he became a protector of the animals.

Daily, he wanted to go riding in the county countryside and enjoy the scenery and talk about his friends and the days of going to Oak Ridge School near Tiline. He was ready to point out a certain place and what happened there. One of the things he liked was remembering the fox hunters around Tiline.

Surviving is his wife, of 65 years, Mary Lou Lytton Smith; Daughter, Darlene (Ree) O’Nan; granddaughters Elizabeth Harrington and Samantha (Mark) Rupcke; grandson Dustin Thomason and 5 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and son Jeffrey Smith.

 Funeral Services with be Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Boyd Funeral Directors and Cremation Services. Burial will be at Dyer Hill Cemetery.

Friends may visit with the family from 11:00 AM until the funeral hour.

Condolences may be left on line at boydfuneraldirectors.com

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Apr
23
Visitation
Saturday, April 23 2022
11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Boyd Funeral Directors and Cremation Services
212 East Main Street
Salem, KY 42078
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Apr
23
Funeral Service
Saturday, April 23 2022
02:00 PM
Boyd Funeral Directors and Cremation Services
212 East Main Street
Salem, KY 42078
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