George Cicero Smith, Sr., MD - Alabama Medical Alumni

George Cicero Smith, Sr., MD
Born in Lineville, Alabama in 1936, Dr. George C. Smith, Sr., graduated from
Lineville High School as valedictorian of his class. He went on to earn his B.S. in
Pharmacy from Howard College in Birmingham. In 1965 he received his medical
degree from the Medical College of Alabama, then completed his internship at
Lloyd Noland Hospital in Fairfield, Alabama. Returning to Lineville in 1966, Dr.
Smith founded the Lineville Clinic, which he directed until 1972; from 1973 to
2005 he was President of Clay County Medical Clinics. From the beginning of his
practice, Dr. Smith has served on the staff of the Clay County Hospital, including
service as Chief of Staff, Medical Director of Surgical Services, Medical Director
of Surgical Case Review, Medical Director of Pharmacy Services, and Assistant
Medical Director of Critical Care Services. He is also the Medical Director of the
Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Facility. Dr. Smith is a member of the
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners’ Joint Committee on Advanced Practice
Nursing and is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral
Community Medicine of the College of Community Health Sciences of the
University of Alabama.
During his long career, Dr. Smith has been active in many local, state and
national medical organizations. He is a member of the Clay County Medical
Society and the American Medical Association, a diplomate of the American
Board of Family Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners, and a
member and fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. An active
member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, he served on their
Task Force on Health Care Reform in 1992, on their Board of Censors from 1994
to 2005, and as chairman from 2000 to 2005. President of the Alabama Academy
of Family Physicians from 1991 to 1992, he was the Chairman of the AAFP Board
of Directors from 1993 to 1994. A member of the Alabama State Board of Medical
Examiners from 1994 to 2005, Dr. Smith served as Chairman from 2000 to 2005.
The Alabama State Department of Health appointed him to their State Committee
in 1994, electing him Chairman from 2000 to 2005.
George Smith has received many honors in recognition of his dedication. A
member of the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha
Honorary Medical Society, he was the recipient of the University of Alabama
Medical Alumni Association’s Garber Galbraith Medical-Political Service Award
in 2004. In 1999, the Alabama State Legislature passed a resolution to name the

Clay County Health Department Building in his honor and in 2005 the Legislature
passed another resolution commending his outstanding professional service.
Dr. Smith has also been an asset to his community outside of the medical field.
From 1973 to 1985 he was a member of Lineville’s City Council, served as a
trustee for Lineville City Schools from 1972 to 1984, and filled a number of
positions within the Administrative Council of the First United Methodist Church
of Lineville. An avid cattleman, Dr. Smith not only breeds cattle on his family
farm, Crooked Creek Farm, but was also the President of the Alabama Cattlemen’s
Association from 1985 to 1986 and President of the Southeastern Livestock
Exposition 1994 to 1996.
Dr. George C. Smith, Sr., is an outstanding example of the type of physician
envisioned by the founders of Alabama medical education in 1859: well-trained
practitioners dedicated to serving their communities, and improving the lives of
people throughout the state.