The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, August 23, 1996               TAG: 9608230025
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B9   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CONWAY                            LENGTH:   19 lines

EDGAR M. SMITH

Edgar Matt ``Smitty'' Smith, 73, of Route 2, died Thursday Aug. 22, 1996.

He was the owner of Smitty's Bar-B-Que for many years and a member of Creeksville Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary H. Smith; two daughters, Betty Lou Brown, Alice Faye Wallace, both of Halifax, N.C.; a son, Johnny W. Smith Sr. of Conway; a sister, Virginia Vinson of Murfreesboro; a brother, Leonard Everette Smith of Virginia Beach; 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Creeksville Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Conway Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Conway-Severn Rescue Squad. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Jackson Funeral Home, Jackson.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB