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Joel Ellis Smith

Male 1921 - 2014  (93 years)


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  • Name Joel Ellis Smith  [1
    Birth 2 May 1921  Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1994  Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 17 Jul 2014  Community Hospice Inpatient Center, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mr. Joel E. Smith age 93, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Community Hospice Inpatient Center in Vidalia. The Tattnall County native had lived in Florida for twenty five years before moving to Reidsville in 1974. He was a Reidsville High School graduate and attended Emory University. He was a World War II US Navy Veteran. Mr. Joel was the owner of Smith Brothers Lumber and loved to fish, hunt, and inventing “things”. He is preceded in death by his wives, Jane Readdy Smith and Eva Maude Kennedy Purcell Smith; brother, A.C. Smith, Jr; sister, Billie Smith Shuman.

      He is survived by his son, D.J. Smith of Reidsville; daughter, Barbara Smith Steele of Kentucky; grandchildren, April Dutille of KY, Melissa Kell of Vidalia, and Matthew McDade of Macon; six great grandchildren; step children, Harry Hill of NY, Tommy Hill of Vietnam, and Rebecca McDade of Reidsville; nephews, Daniel Shuman and Jimmy Shuman.

      Visitation will be conducted from 4:00pm to 7:00pm on Saturday, July 26, 2014 from the Bradley B. Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory in Reidsville. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00pm on Sunday, July 27, 2014 from the Reidsville United Methodist Church with the Reverend Marc Foster officiating. Interment will follow in the Brewton Cemetery in Hagan. Mr. Smith will lie in state at the Church beginning at 1:00pm.

      http://www.bradleybanderson.com/obits/obituary.php?id=485123
    Burial 27 Jul 2014  Brewton Cemetery, Hagan, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6419  tng Genealogy

    Family 1 Eva Maude Kennedy,   b. 30 Aug 1927, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 2011, Claxton, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 12 Aug 1983  Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F11383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 May 1921 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Aug 1983 - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1994 - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Joel E Smith