John Leroy Smith, 75, of Fitzgerald died, Monday, March 10, at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Friday, March 14, at St. Peters United Methodist Church with Rev. B.J. Funk and Rev. Annette Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Thursday, at the Funeral Home.
Mr. Smith was born May 6, 1932 at Jay Bird Springs, Georgia to the late John Rufus and Hattie Marie Dunbar Smith. He had lived most of his life in the community and was a retired deliveryman for Ben Hill Auto Parts and Walt’s Auto Parts. He was veteran of U.S. Army during the Korean War Era, and had been a member of the American Legion for 50 years. Mr. Smith was a member of the St. Peters United Methodist Church.
Mr. Smith is survived by three sisters and brothers-in-law: Hettie Sue and Domingo Hernandez and Rose Marie Smith and Curtis L. Bullington all of Fitzgerald; Ritia and Franklin Sumner of Irwin County: several nieces and nephews.