Long time resident of Shawnee, Larry Glenn Smith, died in his home at age 74 years old. Mr. Smith was the first born son to Phillip C. and Wilma Jean Smith on February 23, 1950.
He began his formal education at Will Rogers' Elementary School. There he learned to play the slide trombone, which in high school he played along with the tuba for the Shawnee High School Band. After graduating with the class of 1968, Larry attended Oklahoma City University where he studied drama. Mr. Smith earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resources from Southern Nazarene University.
Mr. Smith was employed in his family real estate business, Lucky You Realty, for 13 years before working as assistant purchasing agent and safety officer for Pottawattamie County. He went on to work with troubled youth at Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Tecumseh. Later, he worked at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center. After retiring from state employment, Mr. Smith managed his own and his mother's rental properties.
Larry enjoyed Shawnee Little Theatre and performed in "The Grapes of Wrath" in 1991 playing the part of Pa Joad. Shawnee Little Theatre is where he met and later married Sandra Washburn.
Larry volunteered for many years handling the phones for the Jerry Lewis fundraiser for children's "Muscular Dystrophy" Foundation. He also volunteered during the 1980 with Wesley United Methodist of Shawnee for the "RAIN" Team to support persons with AIDS. He was a strong OKC Thunder basketball fan and loved OU Sooners football.
Mr. Smith is preceded in death by his wife, Sandra Kay Washburn Smith, his parents, Phil and Jean Smith, brothers, Steven C. Smith and Roger Allen Smith.
Larry is survived by his son, Matthew Glenn Smith, his brothers widows, Sherry Smith and her three children, and Ruth Walsh; his sister, Phyllis Ford and her husband Donald Lehman, his niece, Felicia Emerich and husband Robert and their five children; his nephew Dustin and wife Molly and their three children; his nephew Phillip J. Smith and his two sons.
Larry was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, his family's church, for over 70 years.
Celebration of his life will be held at 3 p.m. on February 22, 2025.