Steven R. Smith

STEVEN RAY S M I T H - H O S K I N S, AGE 41, OF DOVER DELAWARE, PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 31, 2025.
STEVEN ATTENDED P.S. 304 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THOMAS STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT HYATTSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LATER GRADUATED FROM NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.
STEVEN WENT ON TO ATTEND TESST COLLEGE, WHERE HE EARNED A DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER REPAIR.
STEVEN BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A BIKE ASSEMBLER AT TOYS "R" US AND LATER WORKED AS AN AUDIO VISUAL ENGINEER AT DOVER D O W N S / B A L LY ' S CASINO AND HOTEL. MOST RECENTLY, HE WORKED AT CAESAR RODNEY HIGH SCHOOL, A PLACE HE TRULY LOVED AND WHERE HE FOUND GREAT FULFILLMENT AT BOTH JOBS.
STEVEN ENJOYED FISHING WITH HIS DAD, WHO WAS HIS BEST FRIEND, AND TEACHING HIS DAUGHTER, MELANY, HOW TO FISH, MOMENTS THAT BROUGHT HIM GREAT JOY.
STEVEN WAS FUNNY AND HAD AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH. HE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE HE CROSSED PATHS WITH AND WAS TRULY SELFLESS, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OTHERS. I (KINEMA) CALLED HIM A "MOMMA'S BOY, MB" A NICKNAME HE FOUND AMUSING AND NEVER DENIED.
STEVEN IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS SARAH AND STEVEN HOSKINS, DAUGHTER MELANY RAE, GRANDPARENTS BARBARA HOSKINS, BOBBY HOSKINS (MAXINE) FIANCE: THERSA RUFF, SISTER KINEMA LEWIS, BROTHERS QUAYSHAUN SMITH, SHERMAN LEWIS, ISAIAH ROBINSON, AUNTS DEATRICE SMITH, ANGELA SMITH, CYNTHIA STUKES (VITA) SONYA LOTMORE, UNCLES JAMES MCKINNON, BOBBY JORDAN, CHAVIS HOSKINS, NEPHEW DA'VON WILDY, STEPDAUGHTER MADISON MABREY GODMOTHER BETTY VARGAS AND A HOST OF COUSINS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, THREE AUNTS, AND AN UNCLE.
STEVEN RAY S M I T H - H O S K I N S WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS KINDNESS, LAUGHTER, DEVOTION TO FAMILY, AND THE LASTING IMPACT HE MADE ON ALL WHO KNEW HIM.