James E. Smith Jr.

James E. Smith, Jr., 96, of Plymouth, MA passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 at Beth Israel-Deaconness Hospital, Plymouth. Born in Somerville, he was the beloved husband of the late Carmella M. (Fraccastoro) Smith for 58 yrs.

Mr. Smith is survived by his son, James E. Smith III and his wife, Bonnie, of Braintree, and his daughter, Pamela M. Hulme and her husband, John A. Hulme, Jr. of Pembroke; his sister, Betty Boyson of Malden, grandsons: James E. Smith IV and his wife, Erin and Justin Smith and his wife, Christine and great grandchildren: Danielle Smith and Cameron Smith, his Fraccastoro family and dear friend Yvonne Beatty of Sandwich, MA. He was the father of the late Patricia A. Smith.

Jim was a devout Catholic. He enjoyed fishing and boating. He built and owned his own boat and held a commercial license in lobstering. He was a member of the Neponset Valley Yacht Club in Dorchester and the Sandwich Marina.

Mr. Smith was a teacher and Department Head in Vocational Education in Carpentry and Cabinet Making for thirty years at Southeastern Regional in Easton and Northeastern Regional in Wakefield. He held a Master’s Degree in Education from Fitchburg State University.

Jim was a WWII veteran, serving in the US Army in Normandy, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and Holland. He was at the invasion of Normandy , “D” Day +3 and Omaha Beach through Europe to Czechoslovakia to the Russian Front on the Elbe River.

He received the Combat Infantry Badge (4 Stars), the Bronze Star, the French Croix de Guerre, the European African-Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the WWII Victory medal. Occupation medal, National Defense medal and 2 Presidential Citations. Jim also received honors at the French Consulate and on the USS Kennedy.

Visiting Hours will be on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM in the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 40 MacArthur Blvd., Bourne (Masks Required). Funeral Mass at St. Margaret’s Church, 141 Main St., Buzzards Bay on Wednesday Nov. 17 at 11:45 AM. Burial in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Donations in memory of Jim may be made to Disabled American Veterans, Mass. State House, Room 546, Boston, MA 02133. For online condolences, please visit www.nickersonbournefuneralhome.com