Francis Neale Smith (December 26, 1930 – August 15, 2020) was a

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in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from November 1987 until August 1989. He was an alumnus of the University of Maryland School of Law, and Loyola College in Maryland. After his retirement in 1989, Smith became director of the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. Later in life, he moved to The Woodlands, Texas, with his wife Virginia Elizabeth "Ginny" Smith, a retired Navy nurse. Smith had married the former Virginia Elizabeth "Ginger" Thompson on August 6, 1955, at the

Charleston Naval Base Charleston Naval Shipyard (formerly known as the Charleston Navy Yard) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base Charleston. H ...

chapel.

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1930 births 2020 deaths Loyola University Maryland alumni University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni United States Navy admirals People from The Woodlands, Texas Military personnel from Texas {{US-navy-bio-stub