Nathaniel “Nat” S. Smith

Nathaniel “Nat” Sydnor Smith, 89, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Friday, March 2, 2012, in a local nursing facility.

Mr. Smith was born in 1923, in Whitacre, Virginia, the son of the late Nathaniel Leon and Ruth Marie Smith. He was a retired owner and operator of a salvage yard and used car business. He also was a real estate developer and operated a concrete culvert business and Christmas tree farm. He attended First Presbyterian Church and Gainesboro United Methodist Church. Mr. Smith was a former Treasurer and Secretary for the Gainesboro Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company.

He was a graduate of Gainesboro High School and Shepherd University. Mr. Smith was a veteran having served in the Merchant Marines.

His wife, Lucille Weaver Smith, preceded him in death in September 2007.

Surviving are his son, Zachary Smith of Winchester, Virginia; daughter, Mitzi Reynolds and her husband, David, of Richmond, Virginia; granddaughter, Mimi Reynolds, of Richmond, Virginia; and his sister, Sara Marie Robertson and husband, Hector of Winchester, Virginia; two nephews, Jimmy and Jason Robertson and niece, Leslie Troxel.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, with Reverend Dr. Richard Reifsnyder officiating. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.

The family will receive friends on Monday evening, from 6:00-8:00 PM, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gainesboro Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 221 Gainesboro Road, Winchester, Virginia, 22603.

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