Earl Smith Services Held Jan. 27
Earl Gates Smith, 93, chairman of the board of the Hebron State Bank, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, at his winter residence in Largo, FL. Mr. Smith, son of Fred and Eleanor Gates Smith, was born April 8, 1903 in Alden, IL, attended Harvard High School, and graduated from the University of Illinois in the College of Commerce and Business Administration in June of 1925. The following September he went to work for the Hebron State Bank, an association that lasted over 72 years. He served as director of the bank since 1933, and was president before becoming chairman and chief executive officer. For many years, he served as an agent for Hartford Insurance.
Mr. Smith was a member of the Hebron Business Association and a loyal member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association. He was a member of the Hebron United Methodist Church in Hebron. He was preceded in death by, his wife, Lindell Brubaker..and his parents.' - Services were held at the Hebron Methodist Church Monday, Jan. 27.
