John S. Smith, Jr. (J.S.)

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Date: Apr 20 2015 2:59 PM

Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory

2414 Hartford Highway

Dothan, Alabama 36305

334-792-4194

 

www.wardwilson.com

 

John S. Smith, Jr. (J.S.), age 80 formerly of Dothan, died April 19, 2015 at the Villages Regional Hospital.

 

Visitation for Mr. Smith will be Friday, April 24, 2015 from 12 to 2 P.M. at the Ward Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with services following with Bro. Michael Radar officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Gilead Cemetery on Brannon Stand Rd. Flowers will be accepted.

 

Mr. Smith was a Christian that looked to God for direction after a tornado destroyed their family home in 1981, leaving his wife Janice paralyzed from the waist down. Mr. Smith was a patient caregiver, father, grandfather and friend. Mr. Smith retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

 

After his wife died in 1992, he later remarried and moved to Florida where he and his wife Miriam loved to play bridge. Mr. Smith loved his family and loved to read and play cards.

 

He is survived by his wife Miriam, daughters Amy Baker (Lewie), Pam Killingsworth (Johnny), son John Steven Smith, grandchildren Cody, Kala, Kim, Wes, step-daughter Vicki, step-grandchildren Hillary, Hannah, Mitchell, Tina, Bryce, Zachary, great-grandchildren Reese, Madison, Wendy, and Grim, sister Tabbie Weathers, sister-in-law Mary Smith and a host of nieces and nephews.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents John Sylvester and Mattie Smith, wife Janice, brothers Hubert Smith, Roy Smith and sister Susie Watson.

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