- Date Of Birth: June 20, 1923
- Date Of Death: December 31, 2018
- State: Colorado
Passed away peacefully on Monday, December 31, 2018. Jim, or James E. as he was known to many, was born on June 20, 1923 in Blanchard, Iowa to Charles Smith and Helen Kennedy Smith. He grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska with one sister and one brother, both predeceased.
He served in the United States Army from March 1943 to February 1946.