Emory Smith, 79 of Ocala, Fl. went to be with The Lord on April 26th, 2024. He was born in Ocala, Fl. June 9th, 1944. He was a loving and caring husband and father to his family.
Emory Smith was proceeded in death by his parents Emerson Smith and Amy Moorman his brothers Charles, Doyle, Gerald, Virgil and his sister Barbara.
He is survived by his wife Phyllis Ann of 60 years of marriage. his children Anthony Smith and Cindy Pauley, his grandchildren Robert, Ashley, Alicia, Cody, Jacob, and Cole, and his 21 great grandchildren and remaining siblings Becky, Charlotte, Ricky and Michael.
Emory was a welder by trade but also was a carpenter, mechanic and could do just about anything. he never graduated high school, but he had a photographic mind. he could tear just about anything apart and put it back together without any instructions. He started his working career at Bray Welding’s.
Then he went on to Crystal River Power Plant and he worked his last 25 years at E-One in Ocala, where he met some of his closest friends. Nutter, Jon, Barry and Mario.
Emory was an avid Fisherman and hunter. he loved fishing the Ocklawaha River speck fishing anywhere there was water and throwing his cast net at Crescent Beach. I know some of his best fishing trips was spent at Matanzas Inlet, there he spent many days and nights fishing from the bridge with some of his brothers. He spent many days hunting the Ocala National Forest with brothers Charles, Ricky and cousin Kenny. I am sure there isn’t a block of woods that he hadn’t walked and a tree that he hasn’t been marked. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
A viewing for Emory will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Living Waters Church, 3801 North US Highway 441, Ocala, Florida 34475.
A funeral service will occur Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., 3801 North US Highway 441, Ocala, Florida 34475.
A committal service will occur Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, 5740 South Pine Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34480.