Leon Garfield Smith

Mr. Leon G. Smith, 83, of Dallas, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at Pruitt Healthcare Center in Austell. Mr. Smith was born March 21, 1932, in Hogansville, son of the late Cecil and Lucille Pitts Smith. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he lived in Cobb and Paulding counties most of his life and was a retired upholsterer. He was Baptist by faith and was a member of the American Legion. Survivors include a son, Jimmy Lee Smith; sisters, Wynell Windom of Grantville, Betty Jean Harrison of Austell, Jackie McCall of Villa Rica; brother, Terry Smith of Peachtree Corners; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, with interment in the Grantville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Thursday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.