EAGLE LAKE - Gordon Miles Smith
, 70, of Eagle Lake, died Saturday, January 5, 2008
at the Good Shepherd Hospice Residents Center in
Auburndale, FL due to cancer.
Born
August 2, 1937 in Georgia, he moved to the area 54
years ago from Claxton, GA.
He was retired from FMC Corporation where he
was a Lead Installation Manager.
He was a member of the Wahnita Church of God
and loved to fish.
Preceded
in death by his father, Miles Smith, he is survived
by: his wife of 51 years, Jo Ann Smith; his mother,
Lucy Smith of Wahneta; 2 sons, Phillip Smith and his
wife Pam of Winter Haven and Eddie Smith and his
wife Betsy of Harpers Ferry, WV; 3 brothers, Gene A.
Smith and his wife Margaret of Wahneta, Irving P.
Smith and his wife Marion of Bartow and Jesse D.
Smith and his wife Bobbi of Wahneta; 2 sisters,
Lavonne McCrum and her husband Paul of Eagle Lake
and Helen M. Trowell and her husband Jim of Brooker,
FL; 8 grandchildren, Michelle M. Johnson and her
husband Scott, Joseph B. Smith and his wife Layla,
Bryan E. Smith, Allison R. Smith, Melissa Grimmett
and her husband Cary, Tara Berti, Heather Borgett
and Chris Whittington; and 9 great-grandchildren
including one unborn.
The family will receive friends from 6:00pm will
8:00pm, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 at Oak Ridge Funeral
Care, 2425 Havendale Blvd., NW, Winter Haven.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm,
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 in the Wahneta Church of God
with Rev. Ken Music officiating.
Interment will follow at the Church of Christ
Cemetery in Eagle Lake.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.oakridgefuneralcare.com.
Flowers may be sent to the funeral home or Memorials
be made in her name to Good Shepherd Hospice, 105
Arneson Avenue, Auburndale, FL 33823.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.oakridgefuneralcare.com.
