Jesse "J.T." Smith

Jesse Thomas "J. T." Smith, age 88, husband of Wilma Gravett Smith of Hardwicks Creek Road, Clay City, Kentucky passed away on April 19, 2018 at Stanton Nursing Center. Born in Little Sinking, Kentucky he was the son of the late Alfred Crit and Lora Wimsatt Smyth and he was a 1948 graduate of Clark County High School. J. T. Smith was a U S Navy veteran of the Korean War and a retired forestry technician with the U S Forest Service. He was a member of Hardwicks Creek United Methodist Church and a former school board member of the Powell County Board of Education. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Edmond "Bug" Smyth and Dwight Smyth and six sisters: Aliene Waizciel, Oneil Rupard, Lois "Pet" Jones, Verda Short, Eva Pelfrey and Ruthie Young. J. T. is survived by his wife, Wilma; two daughters, Gail Ann Smith and Susan Mariah Smith of Clay City; one brother, Alfred "Bubbie" Smyth of Winchester; two sisters, Ada Burkhart of Winchester and Golden Gross of Stanton and one granddaughter, Rachel Mariah Lynch. Funeral services officiated by Rev. Chris Harrison will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Hearne Funeral Home Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY. Visitation begins at 6:00 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will be in Vaughns Mill Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Dwight Rupard, Kenneth Larry Jones, Steve Hale, Wilbert Burkhart, Jr., Phillip Stone and Jeff Pelfrey. Honorary pallbearers are the members of Hardwicks Creek United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hardwicks Creek United Methodist Church Building Fund. Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.