JOHN SMITH

JOHN L. SMITH WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1951 IN BEN WHEELER, TEXAS TO THE PARENTS of LONNIE SMITH AND DORETHA
KENNEDY SMITH. AT AN EARLY AGE JOHN'S PARENTS DECIDED TO MOVE TO FORT WORTH, TX WHERE HE ATTENDED FORT WORTH ISD. JOHN GRADUATED FROM I.M. TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1971. SHORTLY AFTER HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE RESERVES FOR A YEAR.

ON AUGUST 14, 1979, JOHN MARRIED IRENE SMITH. TOGETHER THEY HAD 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN JOHN SMITH JR., LONNIE SMITH, AND CEDRIC SMITH.

JOHN WAS A HARD WORKER AND GOOD PRODIVER TO HIS FANILY UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL. HE WAS A BIG FAN OF THE
DALLAS COWBOYS. HE ENJOYED WATCHING WESTERNS AND PLAYING DOMINOS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ENJOYED
SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS GRAND CHILDREN AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHOM HE
TREATED AS HIS OWN, JOHN WAS EMPLOYED BY STI FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS A STRIPER UNTIL HE WAS LAID OFF. HE LATER WENT TO
WORK FOR LIRAM AS AN ASSEMBLY WORKER.

ON AUGUST 15, 2021 JOHN L. SMITH TRANSITIONED FROM HIS EARTHLY HOME AROUND FAMILY TO BE WITH HIS PARENTS ONCE AGAIN ALONG WITH FOUR OF HIS SISTERS LATAY, JOANN, BRENDA, AND BASEMAH GLORIA FAYE SHAKIR AND TWO OF HIS BROTHERS EUNICE AND KAVIN.

THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES ARE HIS LOVING WIFE OF 43 YEARS IRENE SMITH, THREE SONS, JOHN, LONNIE, AND
CEDRICK SMITH, ONE DAUGHER, LAKENDRA WALKER. HIS SIBLINGS REVEREND JAMES
SMITH (JACKIE), KENNETH SMITH (PATRICIA), TOMMY SMITH (IMELDA), PATRICK SMITH (TERESA), AND ANGEL POLK (GARY), GRAND
CHILDREN LONNIE, AUBREY, KAMERON, AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND A VERY SPECIAL NIECE, TAMMY.