James Lee Smith

NORTHPORT – James L. Smith, age 96, of Northport, Ala., passed away March 13, 2021. A Celebration of Life will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Lenn officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 77 years, Juanice A. Smith; son, Charles David Smith; and grandson, Keith Smith.

Survivors include his son, Robert Wayne Smith (Barbara) of Bonney Lake, Wash.; daughter-in-law, Vickie B. Smith of Prattville, Ala.; grandchildren, Greggory Smith of San Diego, Calif., Kevinn Smith (Karrie) of Lynden, Wash., Zachary Smith of Olympia, Wash., Jessie Grandinetti (Jesse) of Buckley, Wash., Hailey Smith of Richland, Wash., Lori Schoonover (Mark) of Port Orchard, Wash. Kathy Zemke-Cotterell (Alex) of La Grand, Oreg., Kimberly Harris of Phoenix, Ariz., Jennifer Amerson of Bonney Lake, Wash., William Rohler (Crystal) of Crestview, Fla., Kaylee Lowe (Shawn) of Federal Way, Wash., Jason Heath Smith (Laurie) of Prattville, Ala.; Gregory Scott Barclay (Lisa) of Prattville, Ala. and Kelly Barclay Cochran (Greg) of Montgomery, Ala.; 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.