Sherman Humphrey Smith

Services: A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM in Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville, MD with Rev. Ann Strickler officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Monday, February 20, 2012 from 5:00-8:00 PM with prayers recited at 7:00 PM with Rev. Sheldon Reese officating in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. On Thursday February 16, 2010, Sherman H. Smith 95, of Fort Washington, MD. died at his home. He was the son of the late Maude Dean and Umphrey Winfield Smith. Beloved husband of the late Helen Mattingly Smith whom he married at Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Laurel Grove, MD. on July 30, 1938. Devoted father of Wayne S, Smith of the home and Rosalie (Jim) Potter of Davidsonville, MD. Brother of the late Maude (Bill) Lawrence, Dorothy (Calvin) Kirby, Thelma Schmalgemeyer, Donald (Lillian) Smith and survived by three grandchildren James S. Potter, Helen R. Curry, Sommar A. Drake, and five great grandchildren. He was a graduate of Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s Co. MD class of 1933. He retired in 1978 from the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. after 45 years. He also worked for the National Corporation of America for 15 years. He will be remembered as a true gentleman.Friends and family may call at the Mattingly-Gardiner Funeral Home in Leonardtown, MD. Viewing is Monday Feb. 20, 2012 from 5PM -8PM with a prayer service at 7PM. A funeral service will be at Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Laurel Grove, MD on Tuesday February 21, 2012 at 10AM. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.