John Smith

Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

John Smith

John R. Smith, 59, 1123 Indiana Ave., St. Marys, died at 8:54 a.m. Nov. 24, 2006, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, following a brief illness.

He was born April 13, 1947, in St. Marys, to Carl and Alice Dock Smith. His father is deceased and his mother survives in Wapakoneta at the Auglaize Acres Nursing Home. On Jan. 10, 1998, he married Christine Cook, who survives in St. Marys.

Also surviving are his mother and father-in-law, Art and Ramona Cook and a brother-in-law, Steven Cook, St. Marys.

He retired from the U.S. Air Force, where he worked at the Pentagon and assisted in writing the computer code for Space Station MIR and the Stealth Bomber. He spent more than six years in Vietnam during the war there. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, St. Marys.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Mark Forr officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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