Patrick Connelly Bernard Smith ’28

Pat Smith died in Knoxville, Tenn., on June 17, 1997. He had lived all his life in Knoxville. He prepared at the Princeton Tutoring School. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Charter Club.

His father was in the coal business in Tennessee, and Pat followed his lead. He founded the InterMountain Coal Co., wholesalers, with the producing area of the Tennessee mountains.

Pat married Bessie Ann Stanton, a graduate of Hollins College, in July 1935. They had two children, David and Catherine (Mrs. Gary Grizzle). There are six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pat retired in 1976. He was a trustee of the Knoxville Symphony and a member of the City Club of Knoxville, the Cherokee Country Club, and the Roman Catholic Church.

He and Bessie had joined our class's 70th reunion committee and were looking forward to this last major reunion. They had attended all major reunions since our 50th. His classmates and friends will miss him at the 70th but are glad he was able to attend the 65th.

The Class of 1928