Coffee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smith, James Olvin March 7, 2010
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James Olvin Smith
March 7, 2010
James Olvin Smith Obituary
James Olvin Smith, Sr., age 86, of Broxton, GA., passed away on Sunday, March 7, 
2010 at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Smith 
was a rural mail carrier for over thirty years and a Boy Scout Leader for many 
years. He was also a World War II veteran, the last Pearl Harbor survivor in 
Coffee County, and a Deacon of the Broxton Baptist Church. Funeral services were 
held at Broxton Baptist Church on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. with Den 
Weniger, Rev. Derrick Herlocker and Rev. Freddy Gardner officiating. Music was 
provided by Eastern Gate Quartet who sang "Where Can I Go but to the Lord" and 
the congregation, led by Sam Roberts, sang "Heaven Came Down" and "Blest Be the 
Tie That Binds" with Willifred Thompson, organist and Barbara Rish, piano 
accompanying. Interment followed in the Broxton City Cemetery. Survivors 
include: wife: Lurlyne Lott Smith, sons: James Olvin (Linda) Smith, Jr., 
Milledgeville, GA, Parker Lee "Sparky" (Janet) Smith, Broxton, GA; daughter: 
Paula Khristian Smith, Atlanta, GA; brother: Samuel Smith, Macon, GA; 
granddaughters: Tyler Smith, Washington, DC, Taylor Rebecca Smith, Athens, GA; 
grandson: James Olvin Smith III, Gainesville, FL. Mr. Smith was preceded in 
death by a brother, Lawson Rudolph Smith. Sims Funeral Home was in charge of 
arrangements.



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