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Portrait of William “Dub” Smith
In loving memory of William "Dub" Smith

William “Dub” Smith

June 18, 1932 – October 26, 1980
Lived 48 years
New Haven Cemetery · Ridgely, Tennessee
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William "Dub" Smith was born in Lake County, Tennessee and lived there the majority of his life. He had three siblings: Mae Smith Davis of Dresden, Tennessee, Bonnie Smith Williams of Trenton, and the late Ray Smith of Ridgely, Tennessee. He married Annie Lee Dycus in 1955. She survives. They have two surviving sons, Wayne Smith of Troy, Tennessee, and Douglas Smith of Leland, Mississippi. They have five grandchildren: Chris Smith (Hendersonville, TN) and Julie Smith Farrar (Avon, OH) (parents Wayne and Ruby), and Shirley Smith Shaw (Greenville, MS) Leeann Smith Moorman (Obion, TN) and William Bubba Smith (Troy, TN) (parents Douglas and Mary). Dub worked at Shaw Truck and Tractor in Ridgely until his death.

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1932
Born June 18
1942
William was 10 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1944
William was 12 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1951
William was 19 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1957
William was 25 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
William was 30 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1967
William was 35 when the first Super Bowl was played
1980
Passed away October 26, age 48
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