OZARK – The Dale County Bama Club’s presentation of 11 scholarship awards was decidedly bittersweet as club members paid posthumous tribute to the man credited with establishing nearly $1 million
MICHELLE MANN through 31 named endowment scholarships to benefit Dale students enrolling in the University of Alabama.
The endowment scholarship is a fund established and invested, using the earnings from it to provide financial scholarship support to assist students in attending the University of Alabama,” Parr explained. “The minimum full endowment level for one of our endowment funds is $25,000. Because we only award the earning off of these investments, the fund will be in perpetuity.”
Born and raised in the Covington County town of Opp, and a 1957 graduate of Opp High School, Smith earned his business management degree from the University of Alabama School of Commerce and Business Administration in 1961. Continuing his education at the University of Alabama, Smith completed post graduate studies prior to being admitted to the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in Birmingham, earning his degree as Doctor of Dental Medicine in 1967.
In addition to his dental practice and civic engagement, Smith and his wife, Sandy, participated in over 15 dental mission trips to Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Haiti, and Belize. Smith also offered pro bono support to local charitable dental clinics. Retired Army Col. and former Ozark Mayor Bob Bunting said that Smith’s persistence in getting endowed scholarships for Dale County students was legendary. “His goal was to get $1 million in endowed scholarships and he had it to $950,000,” Bunting said. “Probably everyone on this list, he went to their office and sat there until they said they would do it. He even talked Auburn graduates into helping.
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