James Edward Smith

JAMES EDWARD SMITH WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 24, 1953 IN PICKIN, AK TO
GLADYS AND ROBERT JORDAN SMITH. HE WAS RAISED IN COMPTON, CA
WHERE HE ATTENDED ROSECRANS ELEMENTARY, ROOSEVELT JUNIOR
HIGH, AND MANUEL DOMINGUEZ HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PARTICIPATED
IN CLUBS LIKE RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS BEFORE
GRADUATING IN 1971. HE ATTENDED CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BEFORE ENLISTING INTO THE US ARMY, WHERE HE SERVED FOR A TOTAL
OF 12 YEARS.

IN 1975 HE MET GERALDINE BATISTE, AND TO THIS UNION, HIS DAUGHTER
TEWANNA SMITH WAS BORN. HE LATER WOULD MEET LINDA BELL AND TO
THIS UNION HIS DAUGHTER LANETTE SMITH WAS BORN.

JAMES ALSO KNOWN AS SMITTY/TINCY, WAS KNOWN FOR HIS KIND HEART.
HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND HE LOOKED FORWARD TO
MEETING HIS GREAT-GRANDSONS: DWAYNE JR., KEVIN, KARTER, AND
LEGEND.  

JAMES WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE THROUGH HIS MOTHER, GLADYS KIRKWOOD
IN KANSAS CITY, KS; DAUGHTER TEWANNA SMITH OF LAS VEGAS, NV AND
LANETTE SMITH OF INGLEWOOD, CA; GRANDCHILDREN ASANTE BENSON,
SHAKURA SMITH, DWAYNE BROWN, CAMERON ROCHON, JARED HUDSON;
FOUR GREAT-GRANDSONS; A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, AND
FRIENDS. HE WILL BE LOVED AND MISSED BY MANY.

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