James Franklin Smith

I am so sorry to read that Jim passed away. The isolation from c19 has been terrible on so many levels...this included. I certainly enjoyed time with you all at FBC. My prayers for peace and comfort for this profound loss. Angie Crawford

The U.S. Marines, Navy Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen, FMF Chaplains, and Associate Members of the E. T Brisson Detachment #063 of the Marine Corps League in Naples, Florida, hereby salute and recognize James Franklin Smith for serving God and his country by becoming a United States Marine. We honor his memory and valiant service to our Corps and our great Nation. Please accept our heartfelt sentiments as a token of our esteem and admiration of his L’Esprit du Corps. Semper Fidelis.

Mr. Smith was a teacher of mine at Friends and I remember him with great fondness. He had a terrific sense of humor and was able to be firm without being overbearing. I learned more than American History from him; I learned how to behave. Alev shalom.

Mr. Smith was among my most influencial teachers at WFS. I was lucky to have been in his audience.

Mr. Smith was my AP U.S. History teacher at Wilmington Friends School in 1972-73. He introduced me to primary source research and a deeper level of thinking, opening a new world to me. He was a very kind and caring person, whose classroom was a welcoming place. And he was quite funny; he famously took ten minute cat naps between classes, a skill he claimed to have mastered on watch duty in the service. I feel very lucky to have known him. Pamela Hoopes