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- The Wakulla News (Crawfordville, FL)
December 9, 2010
Harold Glenn Smith, 89, of Crawfordville died Sunday, Dec. 5, at his home in Crawfordville.
He was born in Clearwater on Aug. 25, 1921, the son of Albert Albee Smith and Adella Lenora Ottillie Smith.
He grew up in Clearwater and Dunedin with a love of the sea and sailing, spending many hours and days exploring the local islands. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and graduated from the Hospital Corps School before Pearl Harbor and eventually became attached to the First Marine Division as a Navy Corpsman. He was part of the initial landings on Guadalcanal and served with the First Marines until they were withdrawn to Australia. He spent the rest of the war on various ships and at various postings and was honorable discharged in May 1947.
He went to the University of Florida on the G.I. Bill, receiving a degree in pharmacy in 1950 and becoming a registered pharmacist in 1951. After several temporary jobs in central and north Florida, he opened Wakulla Pharmacy in 1954. It remained the only pharmacy in the county until 1975 and remained in business until 1986. He enjoyed living in Wakulla County because of his attraction to the community, the nearsalt water and sailing.
Survivors include his four children: Betsy Della Smith of Crawfordville, Melissa Ann Pejrano of Lugagnano, Italy, Randolph Harold Smith of Wakulla Station, and Jennifer Ellen Druda of St. Marks; and three granddaughters: Sylvia Carla Pejrano, Sarah Claire Smith and Glen Jolie Smith.
He was preceded in death his wife, Mary Elizabeth Smith, his friend Eloise Hunnicutt.
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1921 - 2010 (89 years)
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