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Record for Bernard Cyril Smith
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Name: Bernard C Smith
Service Info.: COL US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1921
Death Date: 17 Dec 2000
Service Start Date: 7 Jan 1942
Interment Date: 12 Jan 2001
Cemetery: Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road San Antonio, TX 78209
Buried At: Section Cq Site 41
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Record for Bernard C Smith
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SMITH, COL. B.C.
A former resident of Baton Rouge, he died Sunday, Dec 17, 2000 in San Antonio. He was 79. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Gwendolyn Burleigh, Opelousas; three children, Maj. B.C. “Barney” Smith, Burleigh J. Smith, and Lynn S. Norton, all of Texas, two grandchildren; and three siblings, A.J. “Buddy” Smith and Marian S. Yuan, both of Baton Rouge, and Marie S. Young, Pasadena, Calif. Preceded in death by his sister, Mary B. Smith Titlow, two brothers, John Bruce Smith and Vernon J. Smith, parents, A. St. Clair Smith and Celene Haydel Smith. He was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, having served for 30 years and through three wars. He flew 30 bombing missions over Europe during World War II. He was a graduate of Baton Rouge High School and attended LSU before joining the Army Air Corps in 1943. He is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Hospice, or American Diabetes Association. Colonial Funeral home, Universal City, Texas, in charge of arrangements.
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SMITH, COL. B.C.
A former resident of Baton Rouge, he died Sunday, Dec 17, 2000 in San Antonio. He was 79. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Gwendolyn Burleigh, Opelousas; three children, Maj. B.C. “Barney” Smith, Burleigh J. Smith, and Lynn S. Norton, all of Texas, two grandchildren; and three siblings, A.J. “Buddy” Smith and Marian S. Yuan, both of Baton Rouge, and Marie S. Young, Pasadena, Calif. Preceded in death by his sister, Mary B. Smith Titlow, two brothers, John Bruce Smith and Vernon J. Smith, parents, A. St. Clair Smith and Celene Haydel Smith. He was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, having served for 30 years and through three wars. He flew 30 bombing missions over Europe during World War II. He was a graduate of Baton Rouge High School and attended LSU before joining the Army Air Corps in 1943. He is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Hospice, or American Diabetes Association. Colonial Funeral home, Universal City, Texas, in charge of arrangements.
- [S592] GenealogyBank.com, (Name: NewsBank, inc. ; Location: Naples, Florida, USA;), "B. C. Smith Marries Gwendolyn Burleigh," The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 12 March 1943, p. 10-A, col. 4 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%40GB3NEWS-13AAB29C935E56FD%402430796-13A9D3992B006EFE%409: accessed 29 March 2020) (Reliability: 2).
B. C. Smith Marries Gwendolyn Burleigh
Miss Gwendolyn Burleigh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvard Burleigh of Opelousas, and B. C. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Smith of Baton Rouge, were married Monday afternoon at the St. Landry Catholic church In Opelousas with the Rev. Fr. A. B. Colliard officiating.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a smart wool suit with luggage tan accessories and a blue orchid corsage. Her attendant, Miss Mary Lee Hoover, wore a pink wool suit with a corsage of pink carnations. Mr. Alton Parker was best man.
Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held at the Burleigh home where the couple received with Mrs. Burleigh and Mrs. Smith. The former wore a gray wool frock with pink carnations, and Mrs. Smith was in figured jersey with which she wore a red carnation corsage.
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