William Pitt Callaway Smith II, 86, of Amelia Island, Fla., known to his friends as Billy, passed away Monday morning, June 25, 2018 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Ga. after an extended illness.
Billy was born and raised in Lyons, Ga. to the late Embry Maxwell Smith and Marion Williams Dunagin. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.P.C. Smith; a granddaughter, Anneliese Joy Hollingsworth; a brother, Embry Smith; and a nephew, Duke Smith.
Billy graduated from Lyons High School in 1948 and went on to attend Mercer University. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Georgia, where he was the president of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. During the Korean War he served in the United States Army. After the war, he began pharmacy school at the Southern College of Pharmacy in Atlanta, Ga. and worked in the Emory University Pharmacy as a technician. Upon graduation, he relocated to Brunswick, where he opened Smith’s Pharmacy in 1959. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Brunswick but also attended the First Presbyterian Church of Fernandina Beach. Billy was a recreational pilot who enjoyed flying, boating, and fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Hussey Smith; his son, William P.C. “Cal” Smith III of Waverly, Ga.; his daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia “Tibby” Hollingsworth (Gene) of Kingsland, Ga. and Sylvia Adams (John) of Waverly; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Melody Rose Barber (Jared), Aletha Smith Mann (Bo), John Blake Adams (Candice), Sterling Adams Rose (Dennis), Benjamin O. Adams (Taylor), Matthew G. Hollingsworth (Tanya), and Erin Bingham; 11 great-grandchildren; a niece, Elizabeth Pipe (Richard) of St. Simons Island, Ga.; a nephew, Maxwell Smith of Brooksville, Fla.; and also several other nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Visitation was held from3:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Lyons. A funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Lyons with Rev. Danny Williams officiating. Burial with military honors followed in Lyons Cemetery. Pallbearers were his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers were Vernon Shipman, Billy Bernard Thompson, Dickie Alexander, and Marshall Rowland.
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