Gerald Smith's Obituary
Gerald Dene Smith, 87, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. Mr. Smith began his financial service career in 1947 opening Smith Financial Services Inc. He was a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table and held numerous awards including the National Quality Award and National Sales Achievement Award. During his career, he was a member of local, state and national associations of life underwriters. His daughter, Pamela Smith, joined him in 1984 as partner and continues the business today offering Individual Planning, Retirement Planning, Corporate and Business Planning, Executive Benefits, and Estate Planning. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mary “Frankie” Smith; daughter, Pamela Smith; son, Dene Smith and grandchildren, Paige Fair, Andra Armstrong, and Will Smith. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. The service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at Kingsway Christian Church, where he was a lifelong member. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to Kingsway Christian Church, 7887 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138 or SRVS www.srvs.org.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119, 901-767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”
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