| − | Before he came to Louisiana College in 2011,<ref name=smithalumnispeech/> Smith was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]], Mississippi., where he currently resides. He came to LC as Dean of Chapel and Associate Dean of Pastoral Ministry for the Caskey School of Divinity,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildcats.ehclients.com/index.php/newspaper/article/lc_hires_new_dean_of_chapel#/images/sized/images/uploads/DSC_8920_1-400x536.jpg|title=Al Quartemont, "LC hires new Dean of Chapel", 2010|publisher=wildcats.ehclients.com|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> an entity endowed by the Coushatta [[business]]man [[Edgar Cason]], who has since withdrawn funding for the school and entered into an arrangement with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Smith's former institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140417/NEWS01/304170025/Former-LC-benefactors-appear-helping-New-Orleans-seminary|author=Leigh Guidry|title=Former Louisiana College benefactors appear to be helping N.O. seminary"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 17, 2014}}</ref> | + | Before he came to Louisiana College in 2011,<ref name=smithalumnispeech/> Smith was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Biloxi, Mississippi, where he currently resides. He came to LC as Dean of Chapel and Associate Dean of Pastoral Ministry for the Caskey School of Divinity,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildcats.ehclients.com/index.php/newspaper/article/lc_hires_new_dean_of_chapel#/images/sized/images/uploads/DSC_8920_1-400x536.jpg|title=Al Quartemont, "LC hires new Dean of Chapel", 2010|publisher=wildcats.ehclients.com|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> an entity endowed by the Coushatta [[business]]man [[Edgar Cason]], who has since withdrawn funding for the school and entered into an arrangement with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Smith's former institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140417/NEWS01/304170025/Former-LC-benefactors-appear-helping-New-Orleans-seminary|author=Leigh Guidry|title=Former Louisiana College benefactors appear to be helping N.O. seminary"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 17, 2014}}</ref> |
| | Smith and his wife, the former Connie Kathleen Saucier, also a native of Poplarville, married in 1975 when both were twenty. They have three sons, Joshua, David, and Dustin Smith.<ref name=argsmith/> | | Smith and his wife, the former Connie Kathleen Saucier, also a native of Poplarville, married in 1975 when both were twenty. They have three sons, Joshua, David, and Dustin Smith.<ref name=argsmith/> |