Smith, Julian B. "Jack"

Julian B. "Jack" Smith passed away May 18, 2006, at Good Shepherd Medical Center 
in Longview. He was born April 3, 1927, in Kilgore, to Samuel and Gladys Goforth 
Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brothers, Truman and Donald 
Smith. He grew up on the family farm on Goforth Road in Gregg County and was a 
graduate of Sabine school in Liberty City. Mr. Smith was a U.S. Navy veteran, having 
served during World War II. Mr. Smith, known to many as "Sundown," had a long career 
as a heavy equipment operator beginning in the early 1950s and retired at the age of 
75 from Marion County Precint One. Mr. Smith is survived by five children, Martin 
Glen Smith and wife, Margaret, Samuel Smith, Margaret McCarty, Elizabeth Field, and 
Gloria Scoggins; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Jack, a devoted 
husband, was married to Clara Jane Webb Smith for 33 years and was a supportive 
father and grandfather to her children, Donna Worrell and husband, Malcolm, Joyce 
Phillips and husband, Richard, Janice Hart and husband, Billy Wayne, Janie Yesford, 
John Webb, and Steve Webb; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A family 
memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at Mount Moriah 
Cemetery on Goforth Road. A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 5/22/2006.