Larry Dale Smith, beloved husband, father, brother, PaPa and friend, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at the age of 79 years in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma. Larry’s funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at the Milo Baptist Church, in Milo, Okla. with Pastor Mike Johnston officiating. Interment to follow in Woodford Cemetery.

Larry Dale Smith was born on April 25, 1945 to James Roscoe Smith and Mattie Ernestine Pittman Smith in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.

Larry attended Springer Public School 1st grade to 12th grade and graduated in 1963, and graduated from Southeastern State College in Durant, OK with degrees in Business and Industrial Arts in May, 1968. He was an educator at Graham Public School in Graham, Oklahoma from 1969 to 1991. He married the former Barbara (Bobbye) Jo Mooney on April 26, 1968 at Lake Murray Chapel and after a brief stint in the US Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the couple has resided in Springer their entire married life. Larry and Barbara (Bobbye) are the parents of: Casey Brent Smith, his wife Johnene Smith, their children Benjamin Austin Smith and Delaney Kaitlyn Smith and Jason Brett Smith, his wife Branda Gail Smith, their children Jaselyn Pauline Smith and Brettley Jane Smith.

Larry was preceded in death by his father, James Roscoe Smith on May 10, 1978, his mother Ernestine Pittman Smith on February 25, 2009, his brother, James Donald Smith on February 5, 2009 and his brother, Tracy Lynn Smith on April 17, 2012.

Larry was one of the founding members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 785, pilot, restorer of aircraft, antique automobiles, gas pumps, and RVs. He found out that being a PaPa was a special event and he loved his four grandchildren tremendously.

Larry is survived by his wife, Barbara (Bobbye) of the home, his sons Casey Smith and Jason Smith and their families of Springer, OK, his younger brother David Trudy Smith of Ardmore, Okla., his sister-n-law Montie Smith of Ocean Springs, MS, McGoodwin cousins, two special brothers Kazuhiro Sekimoto and his wife, Mary, of Marietta, Georgia and Bob Haines of Oklahoma City, Okla. a host of family and friends all over.

Pallbearers will be; Derrek Sellers, Eric Taliaferro, Gary Thompson, Steve Thompson, Cody Noble, and David Mize.

Honorary Pallbearers will be; Mike Jones, Jim Brewer, Rusty Noble, Bill Monroe, Melvin Sellers, Glenn Smith, Bob Haines, Jim Taliaferro, Eric Hayes, Joel Satterwhite, Carl W. Salsman, David Harmon, Joe Holley, Jimmy Lathum, and Darin Dowd.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Griffin~Hillcrest.

Condolences may be left at www.griffinhillcrest.com.