Bennie Smith Jr

Bennie Smith Jr obituary, Wichita, KS

Bennie Smith Jr

Bennie Smith Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Heavenly Gates Mortuary on Jan. 25, 2025.

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On January 17,2025 Mr Bennie Smith was called from his earthly home to his new home in glory
from Wichita,Kansas.
Bennie "Snake" Smith,Jr was born to Bennie Smith Sr and Jewel
Cyrus on August 29,1976 in Wichita,Ks,Bennie attended Wichita
Public Schools,Black Elementary,Hadley Middle and North High
Schools.
Bennie worked with temporary jobs doing a variety of jobs,he
also really loved his family as well as his extended bonus
brothers whom he grew up with from elementary to his adult life.
Bennie Lee Smith passed on from this life to everlasting on
Friday,January 17,2025.
Bennie was preceded in glory by his grandfather:
Tonnie Fulks,father:Bennie Smith Sr,brothers:Willie
Richardson,Jeff Richardson,Terrence Richardson and sister
Sonya I. Cyrus.
The cherished memories left by Bennie are shared among many
of his children:Dominique Kelly,Ramaj White,Bennie
SmithIII,Jayde Smith,Bonita Smith and Bennae
Smith,mother:Jewel Cyrus,brothers: Eric Richardson, Ronald
Richardson,Teddy Mitchell,sisters:Ashley Hayes,Trina
Jones,Alice Shaw,Cynthia Mitchell,aunts:Gloria Thomas,Linda
Plesant,cousin:Cletha Ponds,as well as 4 grandchildren and a
host of nieces and nephews,cousins and loving friends that will
miss him dearly.
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