Washington County GaArchives News.....Exploding Tire Kills Mr. Smith June 18, 1975
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The Macon News June 18, 1975
  Sandersville - A 67-year-old Sandersville man was killed Monday when a truck
tire he was working with exploded at a moving company in Sandersville.
  Raymond S. Smith, Sr., 67, died while "handling" an inflated tire at Howard
Sheppard, Inc., according to Howard Sheppard, owner of the company.
  Sheppard said since Mr. Smith was alone at the time, the exact cause of the
accident was not immediately determined.
  Services for Smith were held at 2pm today in the Mayo Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial was in Brownwood Cemetery.
  Smith was a native of Washington County and an associate of Howard Sheppard,
Inc, for 30 years. He was a member of Sandersville First Baptist Church.
  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman Smith of Sandersville;
three sons, Raymond Smith, Jr. of Atlanta, James Smith of Milledgeville and Joe
Smith of Macon; and three grandchildren.

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