Row 27, Plot 17, SMITH, Jeffrey Leon, Jr.

Jeffrey Leon Smith, Jr., 28, of Sulphur Springs, went to be with the Lord, Monday, August 16, 2010.  He was born May 1, 1982 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.  Jeffrey was a son of Ava Darlene McDaniel McAlister and Jeff Smith, Sr..

A member and life long attendant of Double Wells Assembly of God, Jeffrey graduated from Watson Chapel Schools in 2000.

An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed playing sports, hunting (especially duck hunting), fishing, umpiring for the local little league baseball and most any outdoor activity.  

A welder by trade, Jeffrey worked all over the state with Pittsburg Tank & Tower, and for a time at Pine Bluff Ironworks.  

Despite his sickness Jeffrey loved life, his family, friends and above all else, he loved the Lord.

Jeffrey was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Wilbur and Iola Dunn Smith, Ike and Ollie Haynes Appling, Clarence Blackburn and J.D. McDaniel, step-grandparents, Horace and Dorothy Davis.

He is survived by his children which he loved dearly, Madison Ava, Hayden and Weston Smith; grandparents, Clyde and Jimmie Appling McDaniel and Leon and Dean Blackburn Smith; great-granparents, Bessie Mae Murdock McDaniel and Mella Bentley Blackburn Howell and husband Eugene; siblings, Josh Bunting, Jerrett, Jacey, and Jada Smith; step-mother, Robbye Smith, step-father, Mark McAllister, loving aunts and uncles; Godmother, Sheryl McDaniel, step-granparents, Don and Betty McAllister and many other loving family and friends.  

Funeral services will be Saturday, August 21, 2010, 10.a.m. at Fuller Hale-South funeral chapel with Pastor Mike Cottrell officiating.  Pall bearers will be Todd Smith, Jarrett Smith, Lee Bateman, Keith Lawrence, Heath Bogy and Randy Blake, Ross Bateman and Joshua Bundting to serve as Honorary Pallbearers.

Burial will be in Clement Cemetery in Grant County.  Visitation will be Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.  

Memorials may be made to: Double Wells AOG, 12924 Sulphur Springs Rd, Pine Bluff, AR 71603.  Online condolences:  FullerFunerals.com.

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