HARTFORD, Ky. — Roland C. Smith, 87, of Hartford, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at the Heartford House in Owensboro, Kentucky. Roland was born in the Equality Community in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Robert Clarence and Ada Carter Smith.
He was retired from Young Manufacturing in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, where he worked as a bander and sawyer. Roland was a member of Centertown Masonic Lodge #714 F&AM and enjoyed gardening and woodworking, especially making bird feeders.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Golda Mae Smith; three daughters, Nancy (Tim) Barnes, Carla Partridge, and Judy Smith; and one grandson, Erich (Rebekah) Smith.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday, May 5, at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Brent Howard officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until service time on Friday at the funeral home. A Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made at bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.