Our Dad, Jim Smith
Sat. April 3, 2004 - This was one of the last pictures taken of our Dad.
(His leg was amputated due to Diabetes on March 18, 2004.)
Jimmie Daniel Smith
"Jim"
07/31/33 - 04/23/04
Our Dad was known as
"Jimmie Dan"
in his early years; as
"Jim"
once he became an adult...
His Grandchildren called him
"Grandpa"
We simply called him
"Dad"
We miss you so much Dad!
Donations
If you would like to donate to help Dad's wife, Laura with medical bills and funeral costs... please click on the link below:
Thank you!
(A kitty for Dad)
In honor of Dad's love for all animals, please click the button below to help feed an animal in need, for our Dad...
This is a link to an animal rescue site that provides food for rescue and shelter animals based on the number of visits they get in a day.
Dad would have loved to have been a part of helping these animals!
Jimmie Daniel Smith, 70, son of the late Sadie Zetta Smith and James Daniel Smith, passed away Friday, April 23, 2004, following declining health and recent surgery.
He is survived by his wife, Laura Dusenbery Smith, of Riverdale, Ga.; a brother and sister-in-law, Harold Jesse Smith and Rhunette Lawson Smith of Mauldin; a niece, Jessica Smith, of Easley; five children by his first wife, Helen Bowman Smith, of Greenville. They are: Daughters, Janet Head, of Kansas City, Mo., Angela Slagle and Karen Smith, of Greenville; a daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Iyad Subh, of Taylors; and a son and daughter-in-law, James Daniel and Freida Lavender Smith, of Chesnee.
He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Brandy Slagle, Christopher Slagle, Whitney Smith, Sarah Subh, Madeline Subh, Amber Smith, Jesse Smith and Ashley Smith.
He was a member of Overbrook Baptist Church in Greenville. Following graduation from Greenville High School in 1951, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Furman University. He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Army and three years in the Army Reserves, and 50 years in the car rental industry, working with Avis, Hertz and Econo car, and was at one time owner of Thrifty Rent-A-Car in Greenville, recently retiring from National Car Rental at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Ga.
Memorial services will be today, April 27, 2004, at 4 p.m. at Overbrook Baptist Church, 1705 E. North St., Greenville; with a private family burial on Wednesday at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m., prior to the service, at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Overbrook Baptist Church.
Woodlawn Funeral Home, Greenville.
www.mem.com.
Published in The Greenville News: 04-27-2004
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"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I would spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would know I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.
There will always be another day
to say our "I love you's,"
and certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do's?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget,
tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike.
And today may be the last chance you get
to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day
that you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
whisper in their ear,
tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear.
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"please forgive me," "thank you," or "it's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
-Author Unknown
Pictured left: Jim's wife Laura ----- Pictured right: Jim's resting place
Pictured center: Jim's former mother-in-law Ruth "Grandmother",
Jim's daughter Jennifer and her 2 children Sarah and Madeline,
Jim's son James and his wife Freida (behind James) and their 3 children Jesse, Amber and Ashley,
Brandy and Christopher, with their mom - Jim's daughter Angie,
Jim's daughter Janet, and Jim's daughter Karen with her daughter Whitney
(All 5 of Jim's children and all 8 of his grandchildren)
We love you and miss you dearly Dad!
In Loving Memory of Jimmie Daniel Smith
Copyright © 2004
