Alfred Joseph Smith

Memorial services for Alfred Joseph Smith, Jr., age 89, of Emerald Bay are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Southside Baptist Church in Tyler, under the direction of Stewart Funeral Home. Pastor Mark Price will officiate. The family extends an invitation to join them at a Coffee Reception in the church Fellowship Hall from 9:30 to 10:30 AM, prior to the service. Burial will be in Bullard Community Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away on December 19, 2013 at Emeritus at Pinehurst in Tyler. Joe, as he was best known, was born to the late Alfred Joseph, Sr. and Thelma Johnson Smith, May 8, 1924, in San Saba, Texas. Before enlisting in the Air Corps during World War II, he was ordained by First Baptist Church, Portland, TX. His service was in the South Pacific as a radio operator. He graduated from Howard Payne University where he was involved in college choir and student revival ministries. He graduated from Golden Gate Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California. He began a mission church in Mendocino, California, and later was pastor of First Southern Baptist Church, Martinez, California. Following graduation he served as prison chaplain at Montana State Prison. He retired from the North American Mission Board after 25 years as Associational Missions Director for Montana and his final position as Director of Missions for Delta Valley, East Contra Costa, and Mother Lode Associations located in central California. He challenged each church to expand their mission activities. He was always involved in summer camps for children and youth. He was devoted to his family and he lived his life in service to others and in obedience to his heavenly Father and Savior. He is survived by his wife Mona and their three sons and families: David and Mary, Will and Colin Smith of Emerald Bay; Don and Susan and Mercy Smith of Murray, Utah; Dwight and Carla, Mileah and Micah Smith of Snoqualmie, WA; step-grandson, Thomas Green and family, Crissi, Marin, Rodda, and Piper of Murray, UT; two surviving brothers, W. L. Smith of Dallas and Marion T. Smith of Whitehouse. His brother Frank Smith and sister Barbara Catchings preceded him in death. Memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, 8875 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, TX 75703 designated for the Foreign Missions Christmas Offering, or Heart to Heart Hospice, 1402 Rice Rd, Tyler, TX 75703

Alfred Joseph Smith

May 8, 1924 - December 19, 2013