Jack Smith
July 13, 1937 ~ February 23, 2016
Resided in:
Leicester, NC
Jackie James Smith, 78, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at the CarePartners Solace Center, following complications from a heart attack on November 11, 2015.
A native of Buncombe Co., he was a son of the late Clinton and Bessie McElreath Smith.
Mr. Smith was the co-owner of Jack Royal Tires in Waynesville for twenty-eight years, and also had managed Firestone Tires for several years. He loved southern gospel music, and sang with The Smith Family, The Redeemed Quartet, and The Cavaliers. He also enjoyed fox hunting, traveling out west, and playing checkers.
Surviving are his wife of fifty-six years, Betty Brown Smith; daughter, Deborah McCurry and her husband Ken, and their children Brittney and Allison; step-son, Britt McCurry and wife Lisa, and their son Logan; step-daughter, Jaime Price and husband Brandon, and their children, Hayden and Hannah; sisters, Sarah Ann Stevens (Joe), Marlene Weaver (Dan), Linda Brooks (Mack), and Ruby Wolfe (Earl); and brothers Ronnie Smith (Dorothy), and the Rev. Bobby Smith (Sharon).
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Beulah Baptist Church, with the Revs. Ricky Wolfe, Charles Phillips, Charles Worley, Bobby Smith, and Bill Worley, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813, or to the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 373 N. Turkey Creek Rd., Leicester, NC 28748.
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Dear Betty and family,
We are sorry to hear of Jack\’s passing and will be praying for you all in the days ahead. We have a wonderful promise of seeing Jack again, and know you will hold to those promises. God Bless you, we send you our love at this sad time.
Leonard and Susan Teague
So sorry for your loss. My dad always enjoyed fox hunting with Jack and Clinton. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
My condolences on the loss of Jack. I went all the way through high school with him and will miss him at our reunions. He attended faithfully, and always added a lot to the gathering. I remember him best as skinny little boy with big black eyes and always a broad smile. May all the years of wonderful memories comfort you.
With sympathy,
I am so sorry for your loss! !! The family is in my prayers! !!!!!
So sorry for your loss. May God give each one the comfort that only he can give. I have always love the Smith Family.
Jack will be singing his praises in another life with God’s ANGEL CHOIR! As a child I loved listening to the Smith Family sing. He and my Dad worked as co-presidents with the Leicester Elementary School PTA overseeing many fund-raising activities. He always was so supportive of the Leicester Community actively involved in ‘giving-back’ to his fellow brothers and sisters. My condolences to Betty and Deborah and the entire family. May God’s love comfort you during this difficult time.
We want to send our sincerest thoughts and prayers to Jack’s family. We will be remembering them in the coming days. Charles and Dianne Blankenship
There are no words – Heaven’s choir just became so much sweeter. And ‘strolling all over heaven’ with his mom and dad – his little mother sang about so many times. And hearing the fox races clearer than ever with his sweet daddy. So many times we fail on earth to take the time to visit and love on each other… it is a blessing to know that one day, that’s all we will get to do. We feel honored to call Jack a friend that we loved so much. We will miss him. Our prayers have been and will continue to be with the entire Smith family. Betty and Deborah we pray for God’s ‘extra special’ hugs of grace and strength in the days to come. We can not imagine the loss, but must know that all things happen in God’s time and God’s way. Jack was a very special man to so many, but to us he was so much more than words could ever say. Thank you for sharing him with us.
Betty, Deborah, and Family,
I am sorry for your loss. Jack was a special person. He was a good friend to David. I wonder what Jack and David and Howard are doing now. You are all in my prayers. God is our strength in time of sorrow.
So sorry to hear of Jack’s passing. I’ll always be grateful for his friendship to my dad, Howard King. Jack & family sang at Dad’s funeral. My sympathy to your family. Love, Sharon King Lundberg
Betty and family, will always remember the visit Jack and the boys made to Salt Lake City also will never forget the breakfast we would have on our visit to NC.
Marc and Kim McElreath
SLC, Utah
Dear Smith Family- So sorry for you loss.
Deepest sympathy to the family
Praying for you during this time.
Ruby, So sorry to hear the death of your brother.May god be with you and your family. We love you. Loved to hear your family sing.
Betty, so sorry for your loss.
We are so sorry for your loss. Like you said ‘the Lord has blessed you and your family’. We will see sweet Jack one day.
BETTY AND FAMILY
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS OF JACK MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU.
SONDRA CHAMBERS JARVIS
We are very sad to hear of Bro. Jack’s passing but we have assurance that he is with our Father in Heaven. Our prayers are with the family. We will be visiting a church out of town this weekend and will sadly be unable to attend the services. Please know our thoughts are with you.
Sorry to hear of loss of Smith family member Jackie .God bless all of you . your family sure has been a friend of my family .
Jack was a living testimony to how a man should truly live his life! There’s no man that could ever preach Jacks funeral better then the man that has done preached his own funeral from the way he lived his life. I had great respect for Jack! Always greeting folks with kind words & smile on his face! I’ll always remember the time our singing group never showed up at the community center & Jack, Betty, & Linda was asked if they could sing a few songs. They jumped right to it! Not only singing a few but sang for over a hour. Everyone had a great time! Jack will truly be missed by all that knew him. Love & prayers for the Smith family!
Betty, Deborah and family we are so sorry for your loss. Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you. If we can do anything for you please let us know. Heaven has gained a wonderful soul. God bless you all.
I will miss Jack’s smile, his testimonies, and his singing at church. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers. We love you all.
To the family our thought and prayers are with all of you. Jack was a true blessing to everyone he came across. He and my dad enjoyed each others company on a regular basis. Heaven needed another angel and choir member. He will be free from pain and suffering.
I put a metal roof on jack’s home a few years ago. He was always nice. Thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones. May God bless.
The Smith Family
Our deepest sympathy and prayers for all of you. May ‘The God of ALL Comfort’ be near you at this time and in the days to come. There is Strength in the Lord and Grace for all needs.
Jimmie and Shirley Fender and Barbara Cassada Greene
We grieve the loss of your loved one. Will keep you in our prayers.
Your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Jack was a very special man and will be missed by many.
Deborah and family. Just letting you and your family that our thoughts ans prayers are with you all during this difficult time.
I am so sorry for your loss. It has been such a blessing to me to have the Smith family as my friends. I have so many memories of them singing together all the years I went to Beulah. I love each and every one of you, and will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers, during this time. One thing is for sure,that he is on that Glory Road he loved to sing about.
Sending sympathy to the Smith family. Wishing you comfort and peace
What a wonderful keepsake! The Smith Family has been and still is such an inspiration to so many of us who have got to know them. I am so thankful that I have got to meet them and see all the beauty they portray as a Loving Family. Praying that God will surround all of you with his Loving Arms during this difficult time. God Bless each day of you!
Betty. so sorry for your lost.