Family will be receiving friends today, April 10, 2018, from 4 until 6 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Services will be held today, April 10, 2018, at 6 p.m., in the Kilgore-Green Chapel. J.D. Dickerson will officiate.
John attended Boldo School and graduated from Walker County High School in 1964. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1986, where he served as a drill sergeant and retired after 20 years of service. John and Kathy Jean Tubbs were married for 35 years. He was a loving husband and father, who will be missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jean and J.T. Smothers; and brother, Russell Smothers.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Jean Smothers; children, Dr. Leslie Smothers (Justin Allred), and Jonathan Smothers Esq. (Keri Blanton); sister, Marice Evans; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.