Probate Judge, Colleton County, residing in Walterboro; b. Sep. 27, 1948, in Wadesboro, NC; s. Anne (Leppard) Smoak and I. A. ("Son") Smoak, Jr.; g. Furman University, B. A., 1970; University of South Carolina, J. D., 1973; admitted S. C., 1973; U. S. Court of Military Appeals; mil. service: enlisted, SC Army National Guard, 1970; commissioned as ILT, Aug., 1979; retired Feb. 1992; Aug. 15, 1970, m. Dorothy King Prentiss, 2 children, Andrea Leigh and I. A. ("Ike"), IV; Walterboro Municipal Judge, 1979-1982,and 1986-2000; ex-officio Master, Colleton County, 1982-1990; First Baptist Church of Walterboro, serving on Insurance Committee; Unity Lodge No. 55 A. F. M. (26 years); coach, Walterboro-Colleton County Rec. Comm’n. baseball program, 1994-2000; Team Statistician, Walterboro Soccer Club,

1998-date; elected 1982 and then appointed July 1, 1982, to fill the un-expired term of Marguerite S. Kinard, who immediately retired; has served continuously ever since.