Tom E Smith

Retired Chief Executive Officer and President.- Food Lion

Former longtime CEO of Food Lion, Tom E. Smith, has died,. Tom E. Smith is Independent Director of Speedway Motorsports Inc. Smith retired from Food Lion Stores, Inc. (“Food Lion”) in 1999, after a distinguished 29-year career with that company, which included serving as Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Smith currently served as a director of Farmers and Merchants Bank, and served as a director of CT Communications, Inc. from 1999 until its acquisition by Windstream Communications in 2007. Ronnie Smith, son of Food Lion co-founder Wilson Smith, confirms that Tom Smith (no relation) passed away Friday June 30,2023 after a brief illness.

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Robert M Pittenger	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Elizabeth Dole Majority Committee, the, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer, David Rouzer for Congress, Ted Budd for Congress, WinRed, Theodore P Budd
Daniel R DiMicco	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Elizabeth Dole Majority Committee, the, Richard Hudson, Hudson for Congress, Ted Budd for Congress, WinRed, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis Nc Victory Committee 2020, Theodore P Budd, The Pat Mccrory Committee, Patrick Lloyd McCrory
Robin Hayes	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Charles H Taylor, Ted Blanton, Mountain Leadership PAC, Richard Hudson
William J Armfield IV	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Elizabeth Dole Majority Committee, the, Draft Elizabeth Dole 2000 Committee
Allen E Gant Jr	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Charles H Taylor, David Rouzer
Robert Luddy	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer
Henry J Faison	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Next Century Fund, Ted Blanton, Richard Hudson
Stephen Schwarzman	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Richard Hudson, Hudson for Congress, Ted Budd for Congress, WinRed, Ted Budd
W Timothy Locke	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Next Century Fund, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer, David Rouzer for Congress, WinRed
Felix Sabates	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mecklenburg County Republican Party, Richard Hudson
Darryl Nirenberg	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Next Century Fund, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer
Haley Barbour	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Next Century Fund, Richard Hudson, Hudson for Congress, WinRed, The Pat Mccrory Committee, Patrick Lloyd McCrory
Bob Dole	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, David Rouzer, David Rouzer for Congress, WinRed
Lanny Griffith	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Next Century Fund, Charles H Taylor, WinRed
Art Pope	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer, Thom Tillis Nc Victory Committee 2020
Thomas F Darden	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Leadership Circle PAC, the, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Draft Elizabeth Dole 2000 Committee, Next Century Fund
Edward E Crutchfield	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, WinRed, Thom Tillis Nc Victory Committee 2020, The Pat Mccrory Committee, Patrick Lloyd McCrory
Steven R Phillips	Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Next Century Fund, Charles H Taylor, Richard Hudson, David Rouzer
Van D Hipp Jr	Richard Burr, Howard Coble, Robin Hayes, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Next Century Fund, Charles H Taylor, Mountain Leadership PAC, Richard Hudson
Tom Paxton Phillips	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Robin Hayes, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Date of death	Jun 30 '23

Tom E Smith

Retired Chief Executive Officer and President.- Food Lion

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