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Col. Edward Cecil Smith - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal March 24, 1999

Col. Edward Cecil Smith, USAF, ret., will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National 
Cemetery on March 31, 1999.

Dr. Smith, a native of Tallulah, was a decorated veteran of World War II and retired from the United 
States Air Force as a full colonel in 1968. During his military career, Dr. Smith was a member of the 
Strategic Air Command, posted in diverse areas of the world from Alaska to the Philippines.

After his retirement, Col. Smith pursued advanced degrees in linguistics at Stanford University and the 
University of Kansas where he earned the Ph.D. degree. His distinguished teaching career led him to faculty 
positions at the University of Iowa, the University of West Virginia, and the Hampton Institute.

Dr. and Mrs. Smith spent their retirement years active in the academic and musical life of the Hampton 
Bay, Virginia area. Dr. Smith was 86 years of age at the time of his death.

Col. Smith is survived by his wife, Louise Thompson also of Tallulah: a niece, Patricia Quinlan of 
Houston, Texas: a nephew, Thurston Smith of Watertown. Mass., and a sister-in-law, Elaine Gust of Tallulah.

Col. Smith was preceded in death by his brother, T.A. Smith. Jr., also of Tallulah.