NEW ORLEANS: Once having ties to Columbia Alabama, parents buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery just west of Columbia, Sonny Smart passed away in New Year’s Eve in New Orleans. Not from the New Year’s Eve attack but after complications from hip surgery.
Sonny Smart is the father of Georgia Head Coach Kirby Smart. At the time of his death he was surrounded by his wife Sharon and three children, Karl, Kirby and Kendall.
Sonny Smart is reported to have been in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame. Reports are he fell walking outside his hotel on New Year’s Eve day and fractured his hip.
Sonny Smart is a native of Columbia Alabama ( Houston County ), He was a high school head coach reported to have posted a record of 90-78-1. Sonny Smart coached in Bainbridge Georgia High School from 1988 – 1994 and Rabun County High from 1995 – 2003. Reports are Coach Smart coached at Alabama’s Holtville High School from 1977 – 1981.
Again, Sonny Smart’s death was not related to the attack on Bourbon Street at all. No arrangements have been announced.
