Mr. Jack Dixon Smith, age 86, of Blairsville, Georgia, formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2010, in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mr. Smith was born Friday, May 23, 1924, in Homerville, Georgia, a son of the late Herbert Smith and the late Mary Taylor Smith. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He had retired from NASA after 30 years of service.
Surviving family members include his loving wife of 66 years, Clara O'Quinn Smith; daughter and son-in-law, Judy Smith Nagel and Conrad Nagel, of Tallahassee, Florida; son and daughter-in-law, Herbert Dixon and Pam Montoya Smith, of Rockledge, Florida; and daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Smith Wingertstahn and Mark Wingertstahn, of Blairsville; a sister, Gloria Coleman, of Lakeland, Florida; two brothers, Ted Smith, of Homerville, Georgia and Herman Brinkley, of Lakeland, Florida; ten grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren also survive.
All services were conducted in Valdosta, Georgia, with arrangements entrusted to McLane Funeral Services.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia, in charge of local arrangements. You are invited to send your condolences to the family on our website, at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com