Raleigh Wade Smith, age 85, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (October 4, 2012) in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was born on October 14, 1926 in Breckinridge County, KY, the son of the late Dennie and Tennie Sebastian Smith.

He was a farmer, a member of the Rough River ATV Club, and a member of the Rough River Scooter Club. He also worked as a tobacco surveyor, was a certified Evinrude boat motor mechanic at Smith's Cabinet and Marine Shop, foreman at CP Electronics, shipping foreman and truck driver for Hoover-Seng, and worked in the tobacco division of DG Hayes Wholesale Warehouse Company. He was an Elder and the oldest member of the Eveleigh Independent Church. He joined the church in 1953. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of sixty-three years, Joyce Conklin Smith, whom he married on October 28, 1949.

He is survived by his daughter, Karen Hatfield and her husband David of Leitchfield; two granddaughters, Eveleigh Hatfield Stewart and her husband Tony of Piney Flats, TN, and Holly Hatfield (a 2nd Lt. in the United States Air Force) of Cincinnati, OH; one brother, Cody Smith of Crestview, FL; one sister-in-law, Betty Jo Crawford and her husband H.T. of Leitchfield; several nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.

Other than his wife Joyce, and his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Zelba, Raymond, Roy, Estill, and Odie Smith, and four sisters, Nellie Hines Butler, Dimple Pryor, Jewell Green, and one infant Celeste Smith.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, (October 7, 2012) at Dermitt Funeral Home in Leitchfield. Bob Crawford, his nephew, will be officiating. Burial will be in the Eveleigh Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at the Dermitt Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 9:00 am. Sunday until time of services.

Expressions of sympathy can take the form of donations to the Eveleigh Cemetery Fund in care of Ronnie Smith 5839 Brandenburg Road, Leitchfield, KY 42754.