James Smith

Canton - James Mark Smith, age 88, of Filter Plant Road, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center in Asheville.

He was a native of Haywood County and the son of the late Robert Lee and Ola Mae Kerley Smith. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Ed, Claude and Jasper Smith and two sisters, Glenna Murray and Evelyn Reed.

He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. He also enjoyed farming and raising cattle.

In addition to his wife of 65 years, Kathleen Crane Smith of Canton, he is survived by two sons, Charles Ray Smith and his wife, Sue, of Canton and Jerry Mark Smith and his wife, Kathy, of Waynesville; two sisters, Thelma Souther of Horseshoe and Marie Hipps of Fairview; two brothers, Don Smith of Michigan and Robert Wilburn Smith of Canton; five grandchildren, Brook, Bart, Brad and Mark Smith and Laura Berry as well as eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 29, 2004 at the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home and Cremation Services with the Reverends Jerry Ensley, Kerry Watkins and Wayne Willett officiating. Burial will follow at Crawford/Ray Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. prior to the services at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.

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