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Gary E. Smith
02/04/1963 — 11/05/2010
From Benton, City, WA, US | Born in Eustis, FL
Gary E. Smith
GARY E. SMITH
After a year of fighting cancer, Gary Eugene Smith age 47, passed away in his home on November 5th, 2010 surrounded by his loving family.
Gary was bornFebruary 4th, 1963 in Eustis, Florida. He met and married the love of his life Tammy in 1983 and together raised their two children Christopher and Rachel in Benton City.
Gary was employed at Tree Top in Prosser until his battle with cancer began. He was an avid gardener, fisherman and hunter.
He recently enjoyed looking for treasure with his metal detector. Gary was thankful for the community support that held fundraisers to send him home to Florida for the month of August. That time will be warmly remembered by his family.
Gary is survived by his loving wife Tammy, son Christopher and daughter Rachel Alexander Roth. He is also survived by his granny Martha, mother Carlene, brothers: Dale, Leonard and Don, sister Debbie, and his granddaughters: Emalyn, Mikala, Rylee, and Raelynn. He was preceded in death by his father Leonard and uncles Don, Bill and Walen.
Visitation will be from 5pm-6pm on Monday November 8th, 2010 at Harvest Heights Assembly of God, 137205 Locust Grove Road, Kennewick, Washington. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 6pm.
You may contact Roth Alexander at 942-9643 for memorial contributions.
Gary you are missed everyday by so many but one especially… Darryl misses his best friend, his hunting partner, his best friend! We love and miss you so much, we think and talk about the memories we have. You were the best husband a wife could ever ask for and THE best grandfather Mikala could have. We all know you loved her with every ounce of your being❤️ Until we meet again Gary, just know that we love and miss you everyday❤️❤️
Hi Papa, it’s kala. I miss you every single day. I have one wish in this world and that is for you to be here on earth with me. Me and ema always talk about you and how much we miss you. I love you so much and wish you could be here to see all of my accomplishments. Till we meet again papa, I love you forever and always.
I guess it took me a while to be able to come to terms with the fact that you aren’t around anymore… I wish you were here. I wish you could be here to see me graduate, to see me graduate medical school, to see me walk me down the isle, I wish you were here to meet my children one day, I just wish that you were here. I miss you everyday and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about you. You were the most loving grandpa a girl could ever ask for. You were more of a dad to me than anyone ever was. I love you for ever and ever papa. Till we meet again 🕊🫶🏻
Gary was a loving brother, which we always didn’t see eye to eye,fun to be around. We enjoyed the times when we went fishing together,I’d would of liked to of been there but things don’t always turn out the why they should. Love you bro & will always keep in in my prayers. Love your brother Leonard
I’m so glade that your mom & and sister Debbie got to come to see you before you left this world, will always carrie you in our hearts.
We was very fortunate to have Gary in our lives, he was my husbands favorite brother, and my childrens favorite uncle. He was always a very devoted and loving family man. Anyone that met Gary was captivated from the start he had a very rare and loving personality. He loved all of us deeply as we loved him back deeply. I have always heard the good die young and now it is confirmed god took a very good man at a very young age, even thou he is gone in body he will live forever in our hearts and minds! We love you Gary and always will!
Uncle Gary was such a good man. He Loved his family very much. We will remember all the wonderful things about him, how he was such a great husband to my aunt Tammy, and a great father to Rachel and Christopher. When we went to visit him in the hospital, he talked about wanting to go fishing, he loved to fish :
Even though your not here, your spirit and memories will always be here in our hearts to help confort us until we all me again. We Love you Uncle Gary!
Uncle Gary you will be truely missed! Im so sorry I cant be there to say goodbye, but just know I will be always thinking of you….and we will meet again! I love you, and may you rest in peace tell my dad I said hello as well
We just want to say Gary was a wonderfull man and will be missed. We Love you Uncle Gary, and we will see you again one day:
will miss you love aunt Wanda
sorry for the lost
To my Grandson Gary ,Im gonna miss sitting on the porch with you and your visits home I love you and miss you Granny Martha
To our dearest nephew,You will be thought of often you were a great fishing partner and friend.We will always remember the last time you were here and the good times we shared,Godspeed we will see you again some day ,Love Uncle Gerald an Auntie.
We will always love and miss you, till we met again at the pearly gates. Love Ed and Roxanne
I love You Uncle Gary you will be missed..comfort my aunt and cousins in this hurting time heal their broken hearts.
I love you and miss you dad! Thanks for all those 20’s you use to slip me when no one was looking : and for letting me completely overuse your tape of “The Watermelon Crawl” haha
Uncle Gary you were a great husband, father, grandfather, as well as an uncle. you will be greatly miss by everyone. I will never forget your smile or anything about you. I love you so much and I am going to miss you. I will always remember the good time and will remember things that i was told about you. I love you uncle gary.
Connie Parker Smith
I was deeply sadden to hear about Gary’s passing. He will be deeply missed by all of us. Gary was a great guy and a good co-worker. I always injoyed hearing about his hunting adventures with his son. Along with there missed adventures. God Bless you all.
Doug Dill
The service was beautiful and I will miss you very much uncle Gary. You were a great husband, father, and grandfather and I will miss your laughter and humor. Love you and we shall meet again in the presence of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Gary, was a great brother-in-law, for as long as i can remember he will be Missed GREATLY!! he was a very hard worker, he loved his family and loved his life!! I can remember him staying so busy doing things.after working all-day and coming home helping his wife Tammy with the house work, or whatever needed to be Done, or just doing things outside he love being Outside. the last time i was able to see him he was Getting ready to plant a Garden and he was so Excited about it. Gary you will be missed so much by me and my Family,I Love You!! GOD Bless You!!
I love you uncle Gary you were a good man and a good uncle I have so many great memories of you, I wish you didn’t have to leave this Earth so soon but I know you are in Heaven looking down on all us may you rest in peace, you well be missed Dearly love always
I will miss your visits and the way you and my father Dale would just sit outside for hours and talk as us girls would be inside chatting.A wonderful man, uncle, father and husband,will be greatly missed.While you are in Heaven looking down on all of us.Please as you pass Pawpaw,let him know we are missing both of you. I love you uncle Gary! God will always keep a good fishing hole open for you.
Gary We Miss you so very Much I was Honored to have you as a Brother and a friend and I do know that now you,Dad and Uncle Don and Uncle Bill are All together again and We will see Each other again one Day I Love you Brother
To my loving husband thanks for raising our two children and making me the happiest women alive I will miss everything about you the smell of your skin, the touch of you hand, The sound of your voice, the kiss every morning and drinking coffee with you every morning before work. Gary I loved you more than I can express and I have a recording of you saying your name so I don’t forget the tone of your voice, it will be a very hard year to come without you. When you used to bring me flowers just because meant the world to me and I will miss coming home to a vase full of roses or a beautiful bouquet of what ever caught your eye. We will meet again in the presents of our lord and our savior Jesus Christ in Heaven till that day
“I just want to keep on loving you because it’s the only thing I want to do”
Love you so much babe.
Papa Gary, you will not be forgotten. I wish that you had had more time with your family, especially the little ones that will have to remember you by the family stories and pictures. Just know that they will be told how much you love them, and that they all are a part of you forever. Gary, you did a good job with your life, and a wonderful job with your babies. Rest now and be at peace, your family and friends will look out for your family. I will remember you as the quiet man who cried when he walked his daughter down the aisle, and smiled big everytime he saw his granddaughters. Until we meet again.
God Bless you all. I have fond memories of Gary and Tammy, he will be dearly missed. Love you. Missy Jones Gnann
just to many things to say about him,,,,,,,love him very much,and gonna be very missed.
Gary was one of the most gentle souls I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. He was so many things. First and foremost he was a husband, a father, and a grandfather. There is so many things that I can remember, but one thing I use daily he said to me. He said “you can only take so much of one person’s shit, then you just gotta say fuck it!” That conversation will always stay with me. He was so proud to be Mikala’s grandpa. Everyone is afraid that Mikala will forget who you are Gary. That will NEVER happen. Everyday she will know how much you loved her and how much she meant to you. Everyday she will be able to feel your love. She will know that you were full of love and life, patience, kindness and acceptance. She will know that you meant so much to all those around you. That you had such a huge impact on my life, on our life. We are better for knowing you, for being a part of your family. You will be missed everyday. Always loved and NEVER forgotten. May you rest in peace.
I didnt know gary but it seams through tammy ,what a wonderful husband father and papa,brother and son ,you were a true free spirit.you have left this world and you are truley missed ,,A void sits where you once stood ,your spirit is with the angels now but your memory will remain with your family and friends.sleep with jesus gary…
my heart goes out to your family.
Brenda Turgeon
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