Bobby Joe Smith

A LIFE WELL LIVED.

BOBBY JOE SMITH, 76 PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

BOBBY WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 26, 1942 IN BATESVILLE MS

TO: ELMER AND DAISY SMITH

MEMBER OF WEST CAMP MB CHURCH OF BATESVILLE, MS

SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING FOR PATTON LANDE HIGH SCHOOL HE MOVED TO BELOIT WI WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED

JEAN WEBB, IN DECEMBER 1962

HE LATER MOVED TO MILWAUKEE WI WHERE HE BEGAN WORKING FOR BRIGGS AND STRATTON. SOME OF BOBBY'S FAVORITE PASSTIMES WERE FISHING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS BROTHER BILLY. BOBBY ALSO HAD A PASSION FOR CARS AND EVEN OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN BODYSHOP FOR A SHORT TIME IN  MILWAUKEE WI.  HE WAS A FUNNY GUY ALWAYS JOKING ABOUT SOMETHING TO EVERYONE HE TALKED WITH WHEN YOU HEARD THAT SPECIAL LAUGH YOU KNOW YOU WERE A FRIEND.

BOBBY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS; BROTHER, CHARIE SMITH; AND SISTER DOLLY ANN SMITH. HE WILL BE FONDLY REMEMBER AND GREATLY MISS BY HIS CHILDREN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  CHILDREN; TAMMY SMITH OF CHICAGO IL, MICHELLE ROGERS OF FORT WAYNE IN, SCOTT SMITH OF JACKSON TN, LISA SMITH-LEWIS OF NASHVILLE TN, FIVE GRAND CHILDREN, JARED SMITH, JEREMY SMITH, JARI'KA HUGHES, ALIYA TURNER, CORINNA GIBSON.  EIGHT GREATGRAND CHILDREN; BROTHER, WILLIE

"BILLY" SMITH; SISTER, NETTIE 'LEONA' DAVIS; AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS,

COUSINS, AND FRIENDS. A SPECIAL THANKS TO NIECE JEAN BELL AND HERSHEY CLARK OF

ROCKFORD IL, FOR THEIR LOVE AND CARE DURING OUR FATHER ILLNESS.