Mr. James Robert Smith

September 24, 1922 - August 17, 2016

Mr. James Robert Smith, age 93, of Shelbyville, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Funeral services will be 11 AM Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Reverend Jonathan Sims and Reverend Russ Stephens officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 4-8 PM Friday at the funeral home. He was born September 24, 1922, in Rutherford County, to the late James Clifford and Eula Modrall Smith. He was retired from the United States Post Office, and held membership in the National association of Retired Federal Employees and the American Association of Retired People. He was a retired minister in the Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Carthage Presbytery. A veteran of the United States Army, he served in World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Mr. Smith maintained membership in Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of almost 69 years, Eula Mai Sudberry Smith, of Shelbyville; a son, James Philip Smith, and his wife Anja, of Murfreesboro; a daughter, Wanda Sue Woods, and her husband Harris, of Jacksonville, Florida; a brother, Carl Wiggs Smith, of Shelbyville; two granddaughters, Tanya Kiesz, and her husband Kelly, of Seattle, Washington and OS2 Lindsey Woods, of Jacksonville, Florida; a great grandson, Daniel Kiesz. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.