Jerry Dean Smith, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri with family attending his side. Visitation is Sunday April 7, 2019 at 4-6 p.m. at Greenlawn North in Springfield, Missouri. Graveside services at Bass Chapel Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Monday April 8, 2019, Highway 125, Strafford, Missouri, and laid to rest next to hisContinue Reading
Jerry Dean Smith, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri with family attending his side. Visitation is Sunday April 7, 2019 at 4-6 p.m. at Greenlawn North in Springfield, Missouri. Graveside services at Bass Chapel Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Monday April 8, 2019, Highway 125, Strafford, Missouri, and laid to rest next to his wife and his sons. Following the service is a potluck picnic at Fellows Lake. Jerry Dean Smith was born December 31, 1934 at home in Springfield, Missouri a son of Leon Paul and Opal Marie (Pierce) Smith. Fellows Lake holds many special memories including a first date, picnics, fishing; Jerry proposed to the love of his life, Carol Sue Snodgrass, at Fellows Lake and they were later married on July 21, 1957, in Springfield, and to this union four children were born. They celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries by renewing their vows with friends and family members. He was a devoted husband, father, Grampa, brother, uncle, and friend. His soft spoken tone of wisdom and helpful spirit will be missed. His courage to be self-reliant regardless of sight to the end is inspiring to those that know and love him.
Jerry Dean Smith is preceded in death by his wife, Carol Sue (Snodgrass) Smith, sons, Aaron Wade Smith and Ronald Dean Smith as well as his parents, Leon Paul and Opal Marie (Pierce) Smith; sister, Alma Jean Adams (Healey, and maiden name Smith) and her husband John Adams; father-in-law Oren Eugene Snodgrass, mother-in-law Altah Fern (Atteberry) Snodgrass, and nephew Shane Smith.
Jerry Dean Smith is survived by his brother; his two daughters; three daughters-in-law; one son-in-law; ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, five nephews, 3 nieces, and their families. Brother: Darrell and Jackie Smith of Springfield, Missouri; daughters: Zanita (Smith) and Robert Esther of Springfield and her four children, daughter Amber and Mark Timmerman and their children Peyton and Raeghan Timmerman, son Adam and Brianna Arnold, son Michael and Lisa Esther and their daughters Chloe and Olive, and daughter Kelsey Esther; daughters: Cherri Lynne (Smith) Stockstill and her three sons, son Joshua and Kelly Stockstill and their son Noah and daughter Riley, son Zachariah and Ashley Stockstill and their son Cade, and son Malachi Stockstill; daughters-in-laws: Becky Schuchard and son, David Smith of Springfield; Lisa Smith and daughter, Erica and her son Dax, and son Garrett and Olivia Smith of Rogersville; Becky Blankenship Kieckbusch of Lebanon; niece, Gretchen and David Drury and their children Nicholas and Grace Drury of Virginia; sister-in-law, Debbie Cantrell of Virginia; nephews, James and Marcia Healey, Robert Healey, Troye Healey, Chuck Healey, and Jack Healey; nieces, Tammie Collins and Tonja Parnell; a special cousin Betty Taylor and a host of extended family and friends.
Jerry Dean Smith was baptized at High Street Baptist Church along with his wife in a double baptism. They were a close couple even in passing both on Tuesday, April 2 even though they were six years apart.
During his lifetime Jerry owned Smith Construction & Sons and was known for his residential construction, framing, and finish work in the Springfield and surrounding areas. His determination for perfection was his reputation on and off the job and kept his business thriving throughout the years. When asked for a business card he would pick up a piece of scrap trim or 2”x4” at his feet and write his name and number on it and hand it to them. Jerry was a quiet giving man and when someone was in need of something he would find a way to provide and share what he had or knew to make a difference. Over the years Jerry enjoyed going golfing, camping, fishing, deer hunting, traveling, Going West to win big (he was a winner!), liked salt in his beer, playing Skip Bo, and Pinochle with his grandkids. In his younger years he rode bulls for fun, boxed, and was in the United States Army and was stationed overseas in Germany during the Cold War. Jerry, Daddy, Grampa, a great brother, uncle, friend was always there and will be truly missed, but not forgotten. Love doesn’t end because he is gone, it continues.
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