Louie Russell Smith, 72, Clarksville, died Friday, July 31, 2009, at Alive Hospice at Saint Thomas, Nashville. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel with Rev. Skip Armistead & Rev. Robert Dixon officiating. Burial will be in Marion United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday and from 12 noon until the hour of service Monday at the funeral home. He was born April 19, 1937 in Montgomery County, TN and was the son of the late Eugene and Lora Trotter Smith. Mr. Smith was retired from Trane Company and a retired realtor with Conroy, Marable and Holleman. He was a member of Hilldale United Methodist Church, Founders Sunday School Class, Master Gardeners, Citizens Police Academy Alumni. He is survived by his wife, Faye Greene Smith, Clarksville; sons, Gene (Karen) Smith, Clarksville, Louie Russell (Paige) Smith, Knoxville; daughters, Sylvia (Benny) Skinner, Janet (Ricky) Cooksey, Clarksville; sister, Debby Rudolph, Nashville; grandchildren, Jon Smith, Amanda (Brad) Daniel, Clifton Smith, Caleb Cooksey, Jenna Smith and Rachael Skinner. Pallbearers will be Jon Smith, Clifton Smith, Caleb Cooksey, Brad Daniel, Jeff Hite, Billy Haynes, Lucas Hankins and Matt Rudolph. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Founders Sunday School Class & Fellow Auto Transport Drivers. Memorials may be made to F.U.E.L. c/o Hilldale United Methodist Church, 1751 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37043.