Mr. Tommy Lee Smith

SMITH, Mr. Tommy Lee - Age 74, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10:00 AM Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church, G-5283 Clio Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Rev. Dr. K.D. Yarber, Sr. officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Saturday. Mr. Smith will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM Friday. Dea. Tommy L. Smith was born December 24, 1941 in Coatopa, Sumpter County, Alabama, the son of Austin A. Smith Jr. and Mattie Lee Bowden. He completed his education at Belmont High School in Coatopa, AL. Tommy served in the United States Army and was Honorably Discharged on April 30, 1970. He was employed at Buick Motor Company, a division of General Motors as a General Supervisor retiring in 1990. Tommy united with North Star Missionary Baptist Church on March 3, 1996 under the leadership of Pastor James O. Flowers. He was ordained as Deacon on February 3, 1998. Dea. Smith loved to work and was a hard worker. He also loved to hunt and fish. Dea. Tommy L. Smith leaves to cherish his memory: wife, Pamela Needom Smith of Flint; 2 daughters, Serena Smith of Kalamazoo, MI and Alvetta (Brock) Murphy of West Bloomfield, MI; god-daughter, Sholunda Brown of Flint; 4 grandchildren, Justin Needom of West Bloomfield, MI, Audida Smith of Kalamazoo, MI, Quella and Quanna Knox; great-granddaughter, SaMaria Bates, all of Kalamazoo, MI; brother, Joe Nathan Brown of Coatopa, AL; 10 nieces including special nieces, Josie B. Killings of Tuscaloosa, AL, Alicia Alexander and Pearl A. Brown of Livingston, AL, Mattie (Frank) Killings of Coatopa, AL; Lou Ella Brown and Delia D. Brown, both of Tuscaloosa, AL, ; 4 nephews; 2 aunts, Merna Smith of Oberlin, OH and Beatrice (Yocss) Johnson of Chicago, IL; uncle, Johnny (Kitty) Boyd of Birmingham, AL; 5 sisters-in-law, Mary Lamar of Flint, Ruth Watkins of Chicago, IL Carolyn Alexander of Flint, Paulette Needom Coney of Tampa, FL and Juanita (Lawrence) Harmon of Chicago, IL; brother-in-law, Bobbie (Rosie) Phillips, all of Chicago, IL; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, “Rick”, Justin, John, Jeff, Micheal and Jessie. Dea. Smith was preceded in death by his parents, father, Austin A. (Ethel Green, who raised him from the age of 4) Smith Jr.; mother, Mattie Bowden; nephew, Bruce Brown; aunts, Francis Smith and Marie Green; uncle, Henry Smith; cousins, Jeff Green and Joseph Green; mother and father-in-law, Johnny and Lille Needom; sister-in-law, Roberta Brown. The family would like to express special thanks to Rev. Dr. K.D. Yarber Sr. and the Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church family, Rev. Dr. Henry L. Fuller Jr., Mrs. Marilyn Fuller and Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church family, Jerdine Snell, Rev. Dr. J.L. Miller, and the Mt. Vernon M.B. Church, Chicago, IL., Lawrence and Juanita Harmon, Carolyn Alexander, Bishop James O. Flowers, Pastor Shelly Harmon and Miracle Center Baptist Church, Chicago, IL, Ruth Ann Riley, Betty Green, Mt. Hermon Kitchen Committee, McLaren Hospice doctors and staff.

Mr. Tommy Lee Smith

December 24, 1941 - November 17, 2016