11/15/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Bert Smith
Albert Horton Smith
(1938 - 12 Nov 2009)
Newport News High School Class of 1956
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11/15/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Bert Smith
Albert Horton Smith Newport News High School Class of 1956 |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We have still more sad news this morning.
Bert
Smith, Class of 1956, passed away after a lengthy illness at his home in
Hampton on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the age of 71. His siblings
include Bob Smith of NM and the late Kathleen Smith Brown.
From the Daily Press - 11/15/09:
Albert "Bert" H. Smith
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HAMPTON - Albert "Bert" H.
Smith, 71, died peacefully at his home Nov. 12, 2009, following a
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His professional career
included thirty years experience in teaching and secondary
administration with the Hampton City Public Schools and the York County
Public Schools from which he retired. He was a former classroom teacher
of math, physical science, economics, and business accounting. He has
served as a middle school principal, high school principal, and Director
of Secondary Education. As a state and nationally recognized adviser of
student government organizations and journalism publications, especially
award winning school yearbooks, Bert was always proud of the many
accomplishments of his students and his fellow colleagues.
Published in the Daily Press from November 14 to November 16, 2009.
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November 14, 2009
Ronda ... my condolences on
Bert's passing. It was a pleasure to meet him and chat about old license
plates, model trains, and early life in Pasture Point.
November 14, 2009
Dear Ronda, Kevin, & Shannon
Our loving thoughts are with you. May wonderful memories comfort you. We will all miss Bert. Take care of yourselves. With Love, November 14, 2009
Ronda, God has blessed us with
unbelievable memories. I hope we can stay in touch. Bert was a great man
in our eyes!
November 14, 2009
Rhonda and Bert's family. I
have known Bert for 16 years of working at the Air and Space Center. He
was a friend, a mentor and a major part of the lives of everyone who
worked with him and knew him. Know he helped touch so many lives in his
time there and he will be truly missed by all.
November 14, 2009 Dear Ronda and Family: November 14, 2009
Dear Rhonda,
So sorry for your loss. Bert was a wonderful man and was a great asset to the Virginia Air and Space Center and to IPMS Tidewater. His untiring assistance to tour club and its members will be sorely missed. Scott A. Bregi IPMS Tidewater November 14, 2009
Mr. Smith was an important part
of the several thousand students at Pembroke High School. We are grateful
for his leadership as the Captain of our Mighty Pirates Corsair as he
steered us through our high school years. Thank you, Mr. Smith!
November 14, 2009 To the family of Albert
Smith.... ~ Glenda Vuxta November 14, 2009
Mr. Smith was an excellent
principal in what could have been trying times. His leadership molded
Pembroke into the community we became. He'll be missed, but his
educational legacy will live for generations. My condolences on your loss.
November 14, 2009
My first year of high school
was the year that Mr. Smith guided Pembroke gracefully through its first
year of integration. No one could have done a better job. He was a lovely
man.
November 14, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are
with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
November 14, 2009
I am very sorry to hear of your
loss. Bert was a gentleman and worked with the members of IPMS Tidewater
when we met at the VASC. We enjoyed his company at our meetings. Chris
Durden, IPMS Tidewater
November 14, 2009
Mr. Smith was my high school
principal at Pembroke.
I was able to get know Mr. Smith a bit better after reading the beautiful words written about him in this guest book. May the hearts of his loving family and friends be filled with joyous memories soon. Julie Jones Class of 75 November 14, 2009
Take comfort in knowing that
now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.
November 14, 2009 My condolences to the
family of Mr. Smith, my high school principal, not too bad a guy. November 14, 2009
Thanks for your support those
many years ago.
November 14, 2009
Dear Ronda, Kevin and Shannon,
We are so sorry for your loss. Bert was such a wonderful, friendly, and smart man. We always enjoyed his company. May wonderful memories bring you comfort. Love, Roman and Melinda November 14, 2009
My condolences to the Albert
Smith family.
I am a 1972 graduate of PHS and have fond memories of my high school years at Pembroke under the principalship of Mr. Smith. God bless each of you. November 15, 2009
My thoughts, prayers and
heartfelt sympathy are with the Smith family today as I read the sad news
of his passing. We, the students of PHS '70 all held him in the greatest
affection and respect. Having spoken briefly with him at the last reunion,
I was reminded of the superb job he performed leading the PHS family
during those trying times as we matured into adulthood. He will be missed.
November 15, 2009
Mr. Smith was the principal of
Pembroke High School. I along with many other students loved and respected
him. He was a wonderful man.
May he rest in peace. God bless his family. November 15, 2009
Mr. Smith was my HS principal
from 1969-1970. He was a wonderful person.
I am sorry for your loss. Sandra (McKinney) Moreland 1968-1970 PHS November 15, 2009
My thoughts and prayers also go
to Mr, Smiths' family and to all who were fortunate to have him as our
principle and mentor. My best memory of him was when he was sitting on a
table in the cafeteria, crossed legs, chatting with a group of us about
the tree that had been cut down in front of the school. He always took the
time to explain what was happening with the school. God bless all. Dave
Floyd, "71"
November 15, 2009
Ronda, Kevin and Shannon,
My deepest sympathies and prayers go out to you all in this time of sadness and grief. May it comfort you to know that Bert was a leader, a friend and a role model for us all at Pembroke. He was loved and well respected and will be missed by all whose lives he touched. God Bless you all. November 15, 2009
Mr. Smith made us all proud to
be Pembroke Pirates, and I thank him for the unity that he brought to us
all. I enjoyed seeing Mr. Smith at First Presbyterian Church, where he was
a servant of God, during the years following my graduation from Pembroke
High School in 1974. God bless his family and may you rest in peace
knowing that he will live eternally in heaven.
November 15, 2009
As a Pembroke High School
graduate, I remember Mr. Smith as a man of dignity and compassion, and by
example he taught us to respect others as well as ourselves. He will be
missed. To his family, thank you for sharing him with us, and I am so
sorry for your (and our) loss. Godspeed, Mr. Smith.
November 15, 2009
Mr. Smith was one of my
business teachers at Kecoughtan High School (63-66). He was one of my all
time favorite teachers! My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
November 15, 2009
I am sad to hear of Mr. Smith's
passing. I am also grateful that he was able to experience the
appreciation from the graduates of Pembroke High at the 2007 reunion. How
better than to measure your life's work than to witness the results of
your life's labors with such appreciation. My memories of Mr. Smith and my
classmates have never left me and I am proud to have known them all.
November 15, 2009
Please accept my deepest
sympathy and prayers at this difficult time.
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Our sincerest sympathies are extended to the entire Smith family, as well as all of Bert's former students and friends.
This information is also posted here:
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http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/memoriam56.html
From Patricia Horton Binder
('58) of ? - 11/15/09, 6:09 AM - "
Albert
(Bert) H. Smith obituary in today's Daily Press, graduate of NNHS 1956":
He will be missed by all who knew him.
Thank you, Pat, I
was working on this when your note arrived. My deepest condolences on the
loss of your friend.
Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Words by
Isaac Watts,
The Psalms of David, 1719 (based on
Psalm 90)
(17 July 1674 - 25 Nov 1748)
Music, St. Anne, by
William Croft,
1708
(10 Dec 1678 - 14 Aug 1727)
1. O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
2. Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.
3. Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4. Thy Word commands our flesh to dust,
“Return, ye sons of men”:
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.
5. A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
6. The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by the flood,
And lost in foll’wing years.
7. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op’ning day.
8. Like flow’ry fields the nations stand
Pleased with the morning light;
The flow’rs beneath the mower’s hand
Lie with’ring ere ’tis night.
9. O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
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