We are sad to announce that on December 13, 2021 we had to say goodbye to James L. Smith of New Canton, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Lewis L. "Dietch" Smith and Dorothy J. Personett Smith; his granddaughter Mechelle Swain; his son-in-law Craig McKay; his siblings, Johnny Smith, Lawrence "Tug" Smith and Dora Lee Dolbeare; and his siblings-in-law, Everette Dolbeare, Roland Sittermann, Mary Howard and Sonny Joe Howard.

He is survived by : his wife Edna Kathryn Howard of New Canton, IL; his children, Timothy Lowell Smith (Cathy) of New Canton, IL, Tonia McKay (Earl Mast) of Liberty, IL and Sue Smith (Danny) of Roodhouse, IL; his grandchildren, James McKay (Bobbie), Amanda Jane Smith (Paul Kurtz), Brady Smith (Megan) and Shawn Smith (Grace); his great grandchildren, Lyla McKay, Logan McKay, Timothy C. Smith, Stevie Kurtz, Wesley Smith, Sawyer Smith and Mark Smith; his sister Helen Sittermann of Quincy; and his brother-in-law John Howard (Connie) of Excelsior Springs, MO..

Memorials are suggested to the New Canton Methodist Church.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Niebur Funeral Homes