Birth date: Mar 28, 1961 Death date: Dec 29, 2025
David Richard Smith, 64, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025. He was born March 28, 1961, in Warrenton, VA. He loved the simple pleasures in life like playing cornhole, bowling, spending time hunting and fishing, and rooting Read Obituary
Dear friend, lm so sorry to learn of your passing as l considered you a dear friend! Many memories of our adventures at the Warrenton Lanes, God Bless the family!
Way back in time Smitty , I and many more were the Falls Gulch Gang. Its was our Breakfast club bowling alley rats at Falls Church Bowl America. We had some fun back in the day at that place and found some trouble too. He and I and Denny mostly hung hunting at the greatest cabin ever in Zepp va. Young strapping fellas out big game hunting. The greatest times of my life. David was Avid no matter what he did. Fishing, Hunting , intellivision , Nintendo. He could compete in a high level. I could go on and on about him.
Rip my friend, save me a spot at the fishing hole.
WOW, this is a big shock. Juanita and Conner we are so very sorry for your loss. This is very sad and heartbreaking news. David was well liked and loved. He will be very missed as well. David loved life. Very rarely did I see him without a smile. Of course, I'm sure there were days he didn't have that smile and probably couldn't get one out of him either. And didn't care one way or the other who liked it or not. David was his own kind of person. He had his moments I'm sure when he was hard to get along with and mouthy and needed to be left alone. To get his act together so to speak. Or maybe put in his place. But...David was also a helpful, kind, compassionate, caring person. Like all of us he also hurt, got mad, upset over and about stuff but I never saw him defeated. We would sit and visit sometimes and talk about stuff. We should have done so more often. But life and different paths through the years sometimes didn't give the opportunity for many sit-down heart to heart visits. We knew that we loved each other regardless. If we were face to face, I could see his emotions change when we spoke of certain things. If we were on the phone I could hear the difference in his voice. Sometimes the topic needed to go in another direction. And sometimes not so much. One of the things he was very happy and proud to talk about was his children. Boy howdy he loved his family. He was proud of them and loved them dearly. He was happy when he mentioned any one of them. You could hear it and see it. You could feel it too. My heart definitely knew that no one better mess with his kids because they would have to face the wrath of David. (my opinion...that's if momma didn't get there first...or anything left after momma was done lol.) When his Mom, Uncle Dan, or any family member (or friend) was ill or hurt, David cared. He was concerned for them. His frustration(s) over their situation and not being able to fix it built up at times. But what upset him the most concerning the situation(s) was when those he cared about "would not help themselves" (maybe because they couldn't or because there wasn't anything they could do, I don't know) but I do know he still loved them and cared for them and about them. Maybe he could see himself in them and it frightened him a bit. All in all, to me my cousin David was a good ole boy that love to kick his feet up and throw back a few while watching NASCAR and enjoying life, family and fishing. Rest in Peace cuz. I love ya and we are gonna truly miss you. Crystal and Don
