Smyth Ray Gill, Jr.

Smyth Ray Gill, Jr passed away on Friday February 13, 2026. He was 80 years old. 

Smitty, as his family and friends knew him, was born to Smyth Ray Gill, Sr and Florence Vivian Gill on March 8th, 1945 and was a native of Pensacola, FL. Smitty was a veteran of the United States Navy. He received a degree in accounting from the University of West Florida. His career consisted of numerous and varied areas of work including sales, real estate, a restaurant venture, a staffing company, franchising organizations, and his most successful venture an ultrasound school he started in partnership with his wife Kathy. He greatly enjoyed businesses and enterprise and had many successes and failures in his lifetime. Because he knew the difficulty of such endeavors and due to his own experiences, he was happy when others found success and enjoyed hearing those stories. He enjoyed history and movies and his home. He had a quick wit. He was a patriot. He was very generous. He Loved his family.

Smitty is survived by his loving wife Kathy; his sons, Hunter Gill, Troy Gill, and his wife Cari and their two children Lena and Benjamin, Micah Gill and his wife Ashley, and their children Lauren, Luke, and James; and his Sister Sandra (Gill) Dreker and her husband Robert Dreker.

Service to be held at 10:30 am on Saturday February 21, 2026, at Church of the Apostles 7159 McIntyre St, Fairhope, AL 36532. Visitation will be held from 10am to 10:30am before the service.

Private interment to be held after the church service.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that all memorial gifts in honor of Smitty be sent to: Church of the Apostles P.O. Box 662, Montrose, Alabama 36559, Stephen Ministries C/O Church of the Apostles P.O. Box 662, Montrose, Alabama 36559, or Baldwin County Humane Society.