Kimberly Hall Smith
It is with deep sadness we share news of the death of Kimberly Hall Smith (Kim or Kimber). He died quickly and painlessly on February 18 at his home in Greenville, South Carolina. He was 89.
Kim was born in Philadelphia to Anne Hall Smith and Marshall Charlock Smith. He was a graduate of Middlebury College and a lieutenant, junior grade, in the U.S. Navy.
Kim spent his professional life in sales, working first for a paper company that took him to Dallas, to Columbus, Ohio, and to New York City. He and his then-wife Carol eventually moved to Swarthmore, where he became a realtor.
Kimber often served his community. He was a member of Swarthmore’s Planning Commission and chair of its Centennial Committee; he served on the board of directors of Seabrook Island, South Carolina; and he was for 10 years a docent and tour guide at the Charleston Historical Society Garden. In Greenville, he was a member of the condo board of Swansgate and volunteered for the Metropolitan Arts Council.
In 1997, when he was newly single, he bought and lived on a sailboat, eventually settling at a dock in Seabrook, South Carolina. Before long, he had the good fortune to meet his future wife, Sherry McFarlane. They married several years later and at the time of his passing had been married for 17 years. They loved to travel together and managed to tour over 50 countries.
Kim will be remembered as a devoted father, a fun-loving and wonderful husband, and an argyle-sock and red-corduroy-pants-wearing gentleman.
He was predeceased by his parents and sister, and leaves behind his current wife, Sherry McFarlane Smith, and previous wife (the mother of his children), Carol Smith. He is survived by two daughters, Whitney and Alison (Lee Fineman); a stepson, Hunter McFarlane; four grandchildren, Isabelle and Alexander King, Tanner Smith, and Quinn Fineman; and two cats, Paka and Pounce de Leon.
There will be a celebration of life via Zoom Saturday, February 27 at 4 p.m. Please RSVP to Whitney (whsmith4@gmail.com) for a copy of the Zoom link, and let us know ahead of time if you’d like to share thoughts, stories, or memories about Kim. Anyone who would like will also have a chance to share in the moment, even if you don’t let us know ahead of time.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Greenville Zoo or the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville.
