James I. Smith

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Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home - Oxford

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December 24, 2025

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Visitation

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home

503 College Street, Oxford, NC 27565

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Funeral service

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Enon Baptist Church

2298 Enon Rd, Oxford, NC 27565

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Burial

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

South Granville Memorial Cemetery

Old 75 Highway, Stem, NC 27581

Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home - Oxford

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James Smith Obituary

Weighing in at 12 pounds, James I. “Jim” Smith came into this world on October 4, 1931, born on a farm in Stokes County. As the third of five children born to the late Ernest and Lois Meadows Smith, Jim always joked that he spent his life "right... Read James Smith's Obituary