Jesse Theron Smith
1920 - 1963 (43 years)
Generation: 1
1. Jesse Theron Smith was born on 17 Feb 1920 in Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio; died on 6 Nov 1963 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Occupation: US Air Force. 14 Nov 1939-30 Jun 1962.
- _MILT: US Air Force
Notes:
Jesse T. Smith succumbs at 43
Jesse T. (Ted) Smith, 43, 971 Lawn Ave., retired major with the United States Air Force, died at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in Fort Hamilton Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had suffered a heart condition for several years.
Mr. Smith was born in Paulding, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1920, a son of Jesse T. and Rosella Smith. He was educated in the schools of Heyworth, Ill. and attended St. Mary University, Tex. On April 25, 1945 he married Betty Lou Robinson in Hamilton.
Mr. Smith had served with the Air Force for 22 years and was with the Strategic Air Command for 10 years as a command pilot on a B-47. He received a medical discharge on June 30, 1962 and since that time had been an instructor for B-54 pilots at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton. He had served in the North African campaign, the Berlin Airlift and had a tour of duty in the Caribbean area.
Masonic member
Mr. Smith was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Bloomington, Ill.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Betty Smith; a son, Patrick Arnold Smith, and a daughter Leslie Ann Smith, both at home; his father, Jesse T. Smith Sr., Bloomington, Ill.; five brothers, Sylvester Smith, Long Beach, Calif., Russell Smith, Waynesville, Ill., Kenneth Smith and Clifford Smith, both of Bloomington, Ill., Orville Smith, Peoria, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Flint, of Michigan, Mrs. Elsie Howard, Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Evelyn Smith, Fort Wayne, Ind.; other relatives and friends.
Military funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Webb Funeral Home, Ross Ave. and S. D St., with a military chaplain from the Wright-Patterson base officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Masonic services will be held at 7:30 p.j. Friday in the funeral home.
Buried:
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Section 7, Lot 239, Grave 4Jesse married Betty Lou Robinson on 25 Apr 1945 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Betty (daughter of Homer Charles Robinson and Alice Lee Cole) was born on 26 Jul 1926 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; died on 18 Jul 1982 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Leslie Ann Smith was born on 15 Mar 1947 in Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, Panama; died on 26 Mar 2010 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio.