Benhill County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Bennie Jackson (J.B.) September 16, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Esther Lord Smith http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006600 September 8, 2012, 12:00 am Paulk Funeral Home Bennie Jackson "J.B." Smith, 89, of Fitzgerald, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, Friday, September 18 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewain Joiner and Elder Jamey Tucker officiating. Eulogy will be given by George Johnson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 Thursday evening at the funeral home. Mr. Smith was born June 11, 1920 in Oglethorpe County to the late John S. and Louise "Lula" Gunter Smith. He lived in Fitzgerald most of his life. Mr. Smith retired in 1981 as the Superintendent of shipping at Modern Fibers and was a former employee of Fitzgerald Mills. He assisted his wife with cake baking and was and avid gardener. Mr. Smith was a member of the Fitzgerald Church of God. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of 61 years: Mary Long Smith of Fitzgerald; sisters, Lou Robinson of Jacksonville, FL. and Lois Parsons of Fitzgerald as well as numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 6 sisters and 6 brothers. Paulk Funeral Home, 301 South Main St., Fitzgerald, Ga. 31750 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/benhill/obits/s/smith13936ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb