James Smith

James Smith GRETNA - James Smith, 82, a businessman and school-bus driver, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, in Tallahassee. He is survived by his wife, Cornelia Ann Henry Smith. The service will be at noon EST Friday at Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Gretna. Burial with full military honors will follow at Sunnyvale Cemetery in Quincy. The wake will be from 6 to 8 p.m. EST Thursday at the church. Madry Memorial Funeral Chapel in Quincy (875-2665) is handling arrangements. A lifelong resident of Gadsden County, he lived in Gretna for 53 years. He owned a business for 30 years and was a former city councilman and a technician 4 in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Greenshade Masonic Lodge No. 153 and American Legion Post No. 217. He was a retired devoted bus driver for Gadsden County school district when he retired. Other survivors include a daughter-in-law, the Honorable Etta Nadine Smith of Gretna; four grandchildren, James Smith III of Winter Haven, Dimitri M. Smith of Quincy, Jamie L. Smith of Gretna and Constance York Smith of Albany, Ga.; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Jerry Smith (and wife Mary) of Quincy; a sister, Mary Hodges of Orlando; a goddaughter, Marcelete King of Irving, Texas; four sisters-in-law, Mary H. Smith of Gretna, Helen H. Tobie of Eustis, Daisy L. Smith of Quincy and Ornerettia H. Todd (and husband Booker) of Miami; a brother-in-law, Robert Henry (and wife Jean) of Quincy; a former daughter-in-law, Rosalyn W. Smith of Quincy; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a son, James Smith Jr.