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Notes for Charles Harwin IV SMITH
AGE: 85 • Wilmington, NC
Charles Harwin Smith, age 85, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 29, 2014 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter.
Harwin, or "Smitty" as many called him, was born on November 21, 1929 in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of the late Charles Harwin Smith, III and the late Marion Spruance Van Horn. He was raised in Delaware and graduated from Wilmington Friends School in 1947, where he was Chairman of the Whittier Council and played varsity football, basketball and baseball. He graduated from Yale University in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He and Jane Stuart Hinton married in June of 1952 and shared a wonderful life for 62 years.
He retired from the DuPont Company in 1989 after more than 38 years in engineering, manufacturing, human resources and specialty chemicals business, which included assignments in New Jersey, Tennessee, California and Delaware. He served on the YMCA Camp Tockwogh Board of Directors for 15 years and also served as a Sailing Merit Badge Counselor for the Boy Scouts.
Harwin was an avid sailor who loved sharing this passion with family, friends and anyone eager to spend time on the water. In 2014, he was inducted into the Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame in recognition for his role as a maritime educator and leader in the boating community. He cruised all of the east coast from Corea, ME to Key West, FL, as well as the Bahamas, Caribbean, San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound. Harwin was a formidable opponent and he and his crew won many races in the Chesapeake Bay as well as first places in the 1982, 1984, and 1986 Bermuda Ocean Races from Annapolis, MD to St. George Bermuda. He was a member of the United States Sailing Association, Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, and was a past commodore of the Columbia Sailing Association and Georgetown Racing Fleet. He also was a past Commander of the Wilmington, DE Power Squadron where he taught Seamanship, Advanced Piloting, Sail and Cruise Planning.
Smitty enjoyed playing tennis and competed in USTA tennis progressing to the finals in Sectional Championships on two teams. In recent years he became interested in Amateur Radio and progressed to a General License (KI4TGG). He made many friends throughout the world from his contacts on Ham Radio.
Harwin was a loving husband, father and friend. He is survived by his wife Jane Hinton-Smith of Wilmington, NC; sons Charles H. Smith of Wilmington, DE and William S. Smith (Linda) of Davis, WV and daughter, Heather S. Smith (Jay DeChesere) of Wilmington, NC. He has four grandchildren, Sarah, Charles, Casey, and Justin and three great-grandchildren, Jude, Becket, and Jaden.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel at Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Greenville, Delaware. Interment will be private at the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
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