Robert Big Smitty Smith , December 01, 1937 — August 19, 2018

Robert Big Smitty Smith (Tallassee, Alabama, AL) December 01, 1937 August 19, 2018 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Birth date: December 01, 1937

Death date: August 19, 2018

Death place: Tallassee, Alabama(AL), USA

Funeral Home: Jeffcoat Funeral Home

Jeffcoat Funeral Home 255 Friendship Road Tallassee, AL 36078 Tel (334) 283-6801 Mr. Robert “Big Smitty” Smith, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, entered full eternal rest on Sunday, August 19, 2018, at the age of 80. Robert was born to the late Amzie Smith and Florence Jefferson on December 1, 1937. He was raised by his step mother, the late Inez Smith.

Big Smitty went to R.R. Moton High School where he was the first black football player to make All State in Alabama. … He played football, basketball, baseball and played softball with the Super Train. He was a long time employee at Tallassee Mills.

Funeral services will be Saturday, August 25, 2018, at 1:00PM from Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Pastor James Oliver officiating. Burial will follow in Tuckabatchee Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Smith is survived by his seven children, Carnetha Ann Jackson (Warren Launendale), Teresa Smith Daniel (Carvel Hornsby), Cartrisia Smith (Jeremy), Rodney Smith (Debra), Katrina Smith (Henry Ross) all of Tallassee, Alabama, Robert Paul Smith (Tracey Bronson) of Tuskegee, Alabama, Barry Smith (Nicole) of Atlanta, Georgia; sister, Joann Moore; favorite cousins, Izay Mae Gullery and Trudy Washington; brother-in-law, Roosevelt Stokes: his best friends, Charles and Erma Joe Williams; two sisters-in-law, 28 grandchildren, 64 great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Robert is preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Mrs. Catherine Turner “Tee” Smith and his 3 brothers, Bobby and Amizia Smith and L.D. Moore in Dayton, Ohio. The family will receive friends Friday, August 24, 2018, at Jeffcoat Funeral Home from 5:00 PM until 7:00PM.

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death notice Robert Big Smitty Smith December 01, 1937 — August 19, 2018

obituary notice Robert Big Smitty Smith December 01, 1937 — August 19, 2018

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