Dwayne Leigh Smith

SERVICES: At Mr. Smith's request, his body was donated to Texas Tech School of Medicine. Memorial services will be at 1:30 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church Chapel, with Rev. Jeff Taylor, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Smith was born July 1, 1940 in Pampa to Irl and Irene Franklin Smith and attended West Texas State University in Canyon, majoring in speech and theater, and the Elkins Radio Institute in Dallas. He served in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Dwayne began working in broadcasting at KFDA TV and KVII TV in Amarillo, and then worked as newscaster and sportscaster for Coy Palmer at KBMF FM in Spearman, which later became KRDF FM. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pampa and the Aldersgate Sunday School Class. He was a member of Top O' Texas Masonic Lodge #1381 in Pampa, served as Worshipful Master of the Hansford Masonic Lodge #1040 in Spearman for 13 years, and was a member of Gruver Masonic Lodge #1326. Dwayne was a past commander of the Borger Chapter Council and Commandery and was a member of the Khiva Shrine Temple in Amarillo and the Lubbock Scottish Rite Consistory. He loved theater and sports. SURVIVORS: a sister: Rochelle Lacy and husband Calvin of Pampa; 2 nieces: Gail Threet and husband Johnny of Lubbock and Glenna Bowman and husband Rick of Austin; a nephew: Greg Wilkins and wife Pyeper of Rockwall; a cousin: Darrel K. Franklin and wife Ann of Pampa; 3 aunts: Mae Louise Franklin of Pampa, Cleo Nix of Groom and Ladine O'Connor of Sun City, Arizona; 1 uncle, Everett Butler of Pampa; 2 step-nieces: Janet Bilyeu and husband John of Pampa and Debi Musick and husband Roger of Weatherford, OK; 2 special friends: Carolyn Cummings and Cecil Biggers, both of Spearman; and several other cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Irl Marvin Smith, in 1994, and by his mother, Irene Franklin Smith, in 1996.MEMORIALS: Spearman Scholarship Fund, c/o Spearman Independent School District, or First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 1981, Pampa, TX 79066-1981.