Dr. Phillip Wayne Smith

Dr. Phillip Wayne Smith died at 2:30 PM on August 27, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Lima, OH. He was born in Augusta, GA on September 30, 1950 to the late Wayne Erwin and Mildred (Parham) Smith. He served as pulpit minister of the Church of Christ of Auglaize County in Wapakoneta, OH from May, 1995 until his death. He graduated from Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, TX and held a Masters and a Doctorate of Ministry degree from The Theological University of America in Cedar Rapids, IA. Phil served as East Coast Director of Christ Ambassadors and was certified in Church Growth & Conflict Resolution through Ohio Valley University in Parkersburg, WV. Aside from preaching he counseled with church members as well as non-members for over twenty years. Phil graduated from Dade County High school in Trenton, GA and entered Abilene Christian University where he obtained a minor in Bible and majored in Physical Education. He was a four-year letterman on the ACU Wildcat football team. Phil met his wife, Lena Mae (Schnaubert) at ACU and they married July 1, 1972 in Hobbs, NM. They spent 40 years together serving the Lord. He began fulltime ministry in 1975 at Huckabay Church of Christ near Stephenville, TX. He preached for the Northside Church of Christ in Rankin, TX from 1986 �" 1995 before moving to Wapakoneta in 1995. Phil was also a successful insurance agent through the years and at his death was employed by United Insurance Company. He has volunteered his services and served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society, Mercy Unlimited, the Crisis Center of Auglaize County and Camp Indogan Christian Youth Camp in Angola, IN. He is survived by wife, Lena Mae (Schnaubert) Smith of Cridersville, OH; a son, Chad Eric Smith (Melissa Ann Smith) of Louisville, KY and a daughter, Angie Lynn Carnes (John LeRoy Carnes) of Wapakoneta, OH and five grandchildren, Seamus Glen, Shannon Bailey and Jonathan Phillip Carnes of Wapakoneta and Kolter Aiden and Dalton Alexander Smith of Louisville; also two sisters, Parmella Marie Smith of Lima, OH and Juanita Smith of Asheville, N.C. Services will be at Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home at 1102 Lincoln Ave., Wapakoneta, OH 45895 with Minister James Barnes of Monroe, MI officiating. Visitations will be from 2-4:00 PM and 6-8:00 PM on Thursday, August 30 and the funeral service will be at 10:30 AM on Friday, August 31. Interment will follow at Salem Westminster Cemetery 7726 Bellefontaine Rd. (Hwy 117). Memorials may be sent to the Church of Christ of Auglaize County Mission Program, 15257 Blank Pike, Wapakoneta, OH 45895.

Dr. Phillip Wayne Smith

September 30, 1950 - August 27, 2012