Lee County FlArchives Obituaries.....Smith Jr., Wilbur C October 17, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Grove http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007435 October 27, 2011, 11:09 pm The News Press Wilbur C. "Bill" Smith Sr. Fort Myers, FL pased away on October 17, 2011 at Joanne's Hope Hospice after a long battle with bone cancer. Bill was born April 7, 1919 to Wilbur C. Smith, Sr. and Vera Inez Hall Smith in Fountain City, Knox County TN and grew up in Chattanooga TN. Bill came to Ft. Myers in 1942 while serving in the Army Air Force at the Buckingham Base and at the Air and Sea Rescue at Fort Myers Beach., Marco Island and the Panama Canal. He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Mary Alice Fohl Smith and sisters Margaet and Betty. While serving in Ft. Myers he met and married Mary Alice on Juy 3, 1944. After discharge from the service he worked from 1945 until 1954 for his wife's father, , John Fohl at Fohl's Hardware in downtown Ft Myers where he learned the business. In 1954 he and his wife founded Bill Smith, Inc. an appliance and electronics store. Bill is survived by three children and many grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Memorial Services will be hed t 11:00 a.m Saturday, October 22, 2011 at at the First Baptist Church in Ft. Myers. Following the memorial service a reception for friends and family will be held at the Reception Hall of the First Baptist Church where refreshements will be served and give friends and family a chance to remember Bill. A private service for family members will follow. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/lee/obits/s/smithjr1445gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb