Charles E. "Chuck" Smith, 56, passed away at his home in Great Bend, Kansas, March 29, 2012. He was born July 6, 1955, at Salina, Kansas, the son of Don Raymond and Eleanor M. (Martin) Smith. A graduate of the University of Kansas, with a degree in Journalism, Chuck had been the City Editor for the Great Bend Tribune for thirty-four years. He married Nona Morgan on August 9, 1986, at Great Bend. He had been a Great Bend resident since 1966, coming from Salina, Kansas. He was a member of the Foundry Methodist Church. Surviving family include his mother, Eleanor Smith, Great Bend; two sons, The Reverend Andrew Jackson Whitaker Smith, and his wife The Reverend Morgan Whitaker Smith of McLouth, Kansas, and Zachary Raymond Smith and his life partner Stacy Nowlin of Great Bend; one daughter, Jennifer Nicole Apel and her husband Gary of Peculiar, Missouri; one sister, Joyce Schartz of Salina; and three grandchildren, Dalton Apel, Gavin Apel, and Benjamin Whitaker Smith. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 2, 2012, at Foundry Methodist Church, Great Bend, with The Reverend Dr. Kevin Baxter presiding. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Sunday April 1, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Foundry Methodist Church, in care of the funeral home.