Charles Roger Smart, 80 passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022, at his home in Carroll County. Funeral services are 11 A.M. Friday, March 18 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry McNeer officiating. Interment will follow in the MS Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael with military honors provided by American Legion Post # 29. Visitation is from 10-11 prior to the funeral
Charlie was born and raised in Coldwater, received his degree in electronics from Northwest MS Community College. Served in the US Army from 1960-1963 and moved to Greenwood in 1965. He was a flight instructor for three years then moved to Schlater in 1971 and was an aerial applicator. He owned and operated Sunnyside Aero from 1975 until he sold his business in 2004. The last few years he had resided in Carroll County and was a member of Hillside Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Roger and Lucille Smart and a brother Robert Ray Smart (Linda).
He is survived by a son, Charles R. Smart, Jr. of Coldwater; a grandson Matthew Smart of Pontotoc; a sister, Ernestine Knipple (James) of Senatobia, MS; brothers Buford Smart and Lannie Smart (Danna) of Senatobia, MS; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be James Funderburk, William Brown, Bobby Poe, Wayne Poe, Alan Sessums, and Wayne Corder.
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