Norman Dean Smith Jr.'s Obituary
NORMAN DEAN SMITH JR WAS BORN JUNE 15,1957 AND GAINED HIS HEAVENLY WINGS ON DECEMBER 23,2022. HE WAS RAISED AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN MESQUITE, TX BY HIS GRANDPARENTS WHO PROCEEDED HIM IN DEATH ARCHIE IRVIN AND HAZEL FAY GIBSON. SURVIVED BY WIFE OF 18 YEARS CAROLYN PHILLIPS SMITH OF WHITE OAK, TX; DAUGHTE4R ANGIE SMITH AND FIANCE' MITCHELL GORDAN OF MESQUITE, TX; DAUGHTER HEATHER SMITH OF MESQUITE, TX; DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW BUFFY AND DALE TUTTLE OF EAST MOUNTAIN, TX; SON MASON GUIN OF HENDERSON, TX; 7 GRANDCHILDREN ZOEY SMITH; ALEIGHNA, JEDIDIAH, JACKLYN, MADILYN, SAMUEL, AND DANIEL TUTTLE.
NORMAN SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREER AS A MIXER FOR KELLY MOORE PAINT IN HURST, TX AND A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR FRITZ INDUSTRIES, MESQUITE, TX. NOTABLY HE DID THROW NEWSPAPER ROUTE FOR THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THRU RAIN, SLEET, SNOW AND SHINE.
NORMANS LAST YEARS WRE SPENT AS A RESIDENT OF PINE TREE LODGE NURSINGT HOME IN LONGVIEW, TX. MANY THANKS GO TO ALL THE STAFF AND PERSONELL WHO HELPED TAKE CARE OF HIM OVER THE YEARS. ALONG WITH THE MANY FRIENDS HE MADE THERE HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS LAUGHTER AND LOVE OF LISTENING TO HIS ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC.
NORMANS REMAINS WILL BE CREMATED AND THERE IS NO FORMAL SERVICE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
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