Roy Smith died last Thursday, October 18, in Winston-Salem. He was raised in Macon County and maintained a home there. Dr. Smith had many ties with our church. He was a member of FBC while he was Region 10 area missionary for the Baptist State Convention. While area missionary, he and his wife Doris built and lived in the house at 28 Second Avenue. They sold it to our church as our parsonage when they moved to Raleigh. He was interim pastor at First Baptist sometime earlier – maybe before Bob Clegg. In more recent years he also served a brief interim period with us during one of our pastor search times.
Dr. Smith served as Town and Country Missions Director for the Baptist State Convention. He was responsible for resort missions from the coast to the mountains, including a ministry in Cherokee and Camp Truett. In the late 1980s he became the Executive Director of the Baptist State Convention. After retiring from that position, he was active in CBF. He visited First Baptist often and was a good friend to this church.
Dr. Smith’s memorial service is on Saturday, October 27, at 11 am at First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem. I’m planning on attending and would welcome anyone who would like to go with me.
Sarah Davis
828-586-2311 ext 1932