Calling(s)

Thursday, August 22, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM New Life Tabernacle, 609 Patty Lane, Kendallville

Service

Thursday, August 22, 5:00 PM New Life Tabernacle, 609 Patty Lane, Kendallville

Obituary

Jerry Wayne Smith, 57, of Kendallville died unexpectedly on Sunday, August 18, 2019, at his residence in Kendallville.

He was born May 29, 1962, in Garrett, Kentucky, to Tyrone and Willa Jean (Howard) Smith.

On February 18, 1989, in Kendallville he married Terri L. Cramer.

Mr. Smith worked in construction. He had also worked for Handy & Harman in Kendallville and in the housekeeping department at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville.

He was a member of American Legion Post 86 SOL.

Jerry loved to write poetry and had some of his poems published. He enjoyed woodworking, building, fishing, camping, and riding his motorcycle with the Army Riders.

Surviving are his wife, Terri L. Smith of Kendallville; three sons, Brandon W. (Dara) Smith of Elkhart, Jerry W. Smith, Jr. of Elkhart, and Kenneth Smith of Kendallville; a daughter, Tiffany L. (Douglas Bherns) Smith of Kendallville; five grandchildren, Jazmin Smith, Olivia Bherns, Peyton Bherns, Mackenzie Smith, and Jerry Thiel; his mother, Willa Jean (L. Tom Keith) Smith of Kendalville; and three brothers, Randy (Susan) Smith, Sr. of Kendallville, E. Duane Smith of Kendallville, and Tyrone (Lita) Smith, Jr. of Fort Wayne.

He was preceded in death by his father; a sister, Donna Kay Smith; his maternal grandmother, Lula Slone; and his paternal grandfather, Merlin D. Smith.

Funeral services will be Thursday, August 22, 2019, at 5 p.m. at New Life Tabernacle, 609 Patty Lane, Kendallville with Pastor Austin Gilliland officiating. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery, Kendallville at a later date.

Calling is Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the church.

Preferred memorials are to Army Riders, Chapter 118.

Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapter, 222 South State Street, Kendallville is assisting the family with arrangements.

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