Kenneth Allen Saunders Smith, age 73 of Dublin, VA and Mullens, WV, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born October 1, 1937 at Hemphill, WV, he worked as an electrician for Consolidated Coal Co. at Itmann, WV. He was preceded in death by his father Harold H. Smith, stepfather, Charles H. Saunders, Sr., sons, Rick and Michael Smith, brother, Charles H. Saunders, Jr., and sister, Charlene Saunders Hottle. Survivors include his mother, Pauline F. Saunders, Dublin, daughter, Dawn Smith, Crum, WV, two sons, Keith Waycaster, Oceana, WV, and Shane Smith, Mullens, WV, sisters and brothers-in-law, Ada and Ed McCormick, Hoschton, GA., Kaye and Sam Phillips, Susie Saunders, Becky Long and Darlene and Larry Ousley, all of Dublin, 7 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 10, 2011 at 12:00 noon at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with Dr. Larry Ousley officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, VA. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. The Smith/Saunders family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford.