HERALD COURIER TriCities.com Deaths From Page A2 Leonard Glenn "Smitty" Smith DOBSON, N.C. A devoted man of God, loving husband, father and grandfather, Leonard Glenn Smith, "Smitty," went to be with his heavenly Father on June 10, 2011 at the Woltz Hospice Home. He was born Aug. 10, 1926 in Gary, W.Va., to the late Arthur Bruce and Irma Fay Smith. While the family moved numerous times over the years, Leonard spent most of his childhood in Grassy Creek, N.C., and Bel Air, Md.
Leonard was valedictorian of the Bel Air High School class of 1944. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and went on to begin what proved to be a very successful career at the Baltimore Signal Depot, where he received multiple commendations for his foresight, ingenuity, geniality, and willingness to help anyone, just to name a few. He later moved to Bristol, to continue his career with Sperry Univac Corporation, as the test department supervisor. He retired not long after the company merged with Unisys Corporation.
Leonard the love of his life, Annie Josephine (Josie) Barker on Jan. 1, 1952. Josie, as he affectionately called her, passed away on March 22 of this year. He is survived by son, Richard Lynn (Rick) Smith and wife, Doris; daughter, Vicky Aiken and husband, Mike; four grandsons, Tyler and Ryan Smith and Andrew and Avery Aiken; brother, Richard Neal Smith and wife, Elizabeth; sisters-in-law, Allison Barker and Ruby Brooks; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Charles and John Smith; and sisters, Ivera Brackins and Thelma Grogan.
Leonard was an active member of Welcome Home Baptist church in North Wilkesboro, N.C. His love for the Lord was evident to all who knew him, taking his role as an ordained deacon very seriously, He was a modest man, which would never boast of his many talents and abilities. He was a Bible teacher, poet, accomplished musician mastering many instruments, cook, and so much more. The family would like to express their gratitude for the loving care given to Leonard by his caregivers at the Villages of Wilkes and the Woltz Hospice Home. A memorial service in celebration of Leonard's life will be held Monday, June 13, 2011, at 2 p.m.
at Welcome Home Baptist Church, 132 Welcome Home Church Road, North Wilkesboro, N.C., by the Rev. Jeff Collins and the Rev. Charles Edwards. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Welcome Home Baptist Church building fund. Ashelawn Memorial Chapel and Gardens was entrusted with Mr. Smith's arrangements.
LIVE: BLOGGING AND: MORE James E. Weaver BRISTOL, Va. James E. Weaver, age 76, passed into the loving arms of his Savior on June 9, 2011, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born in Bluff City, a son to the late Kyle and Leora Dempsey Weaver.
James retired from Electrolux as a maintenance supervisor and attended New Grace Baptist Church. Mr. Weaver was a member of the Zollicoffer Masonic Lodge and served his country in the U.S. Army. He thoroughly enjoyed Harley Davidson motorcycles.
He was the best dad in the world to his own children and was affectionately called "Handaddy" by his grandchildren, James loved and cherished Ty and Reagan and his life was enriched because of them. Survivors include wife of 53 years, Betty Goins Weaver; children, Pam Rehart and husband, Mike, and Mark Weaver and wife, Melondy; grandchildren, Ty and Reagan Weaver; siblings, Joyce Morrell and husband, Charles, Don F. Weaver; and nieces and nephews, Angie Adkins, Lisa McGlamery, Stacey Bravo, Cindy Tanksley, Tim Morrell, Tonya Hubbs, Danny Goins, and Eddie Goins. Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Sam Haynes officiating. Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers include Doug Fleenor, Phil Marion, Doug Fields, Steve Warden, Jimmy Dempsey, Jim Mahaffey. Honorary pallbearers include Verlin Dempsey, Earl Fleenor, Curly Cole, and Gene Blackburn. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society at 509 Princeton Road, Ste.
102, Johnson City, TN 37601. Online condolences may be registered at www. het Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services. WORLD 1998 US suspect The Associated Press NAIROBI, mastermind The death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed a man who topped the FBI's most wanted list for nearly 13 years -is the third major strike in six weeks against the worldwide terror group that was headed by Osama bin Laden until his death last month. Mohammed had a $5 million bounty on his head for allegedly planning the Aug.
7, 1998, embassy bombings. The blasts killed 224 people in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Most of the dead were Kenyans. Twelve Americans also died. U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who was on a visit to Tanzania on Saturday as Somali officials confirmed Mohammed's death called the killing a "significant blow to al-Qaida, its extremist allies, and its operations in East Africa. "It is a just end for a terrorist who brought so much death and pain to so many innocents in Nairobi and Dares Salaam and elsewhere -Tanzanians, Kenyans, Somalis, and our own embassy personnel," Clinton said. White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan called Mohammed's death "another huge setback to al-Qaida and its extremist allies, and provides a measure of justice to so many who lost loved Mohammed was killed Tuesday but was carrying a South African passport, so Somali officials didn't immediately realize who he was. The body was even buried. Officials later exhumed it.
"We've compared the pictures of the body to his old pictures," said a spokesman for Somalia's minister NAIROBI, Kenya The 1-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn't immediately realize he was the most wantMohammed ed man in East Africa, officials said Saturday. Embassy blasts killed in Somalia SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011 A3 ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya and Dares Salaam, Tanzania. of information, Abdifatah Abdinur. "They are the same.
It is confirmed. He is the man and he is dead. The man who died is Fazul Abdullah." Mohammed, a native of the Comoros Islands, was carrying SOphisticated weapons, maps, other operational materials and tens of thousands of dollars when he was killed, Information Minister Abdulkareem Jama said. Family pictures, and correspondence with other militants were also found, he said. The money, equipment and personal effects made officials take a second look at the death, he said.
"We congratulate our army for killing the head of al-Qaida operations in East Africa. They have shown their effectiveness," he said. Earlier in the week, a Somali security officer had described to The Associated Press the deaths of two men in Mogadishu, one of whom is now believed to have been Mohammed. The security official, Osman Nur Diriye, said that two men riding in a luxury car pulled up to a government-run checkpoint Tuesday night. After security forces found a pistol cials say.
Syrian border challenges regime Unarmed demonstrators ready to fight with their hands' against police BEIRUT A border region with a history of hostility toward the Syrian regime is posing the biggest challenge yet for President Bashar Assad's, struggle to crush the revolt against his family's 40-year-rule. Analysts say Assad will doing anything to restore control in the restive northern area bordering Turkey, where mutinous forces are giving a largely peaceful revolt new strength and firepower. On Saturday, thousands of elite troops and tanks believed to be led by his brother sealed off the entrances to the mostly deserted town of Jisr' alShughour, with soldiers loyal to the regime coming under sniper fire as they approached. Mutinous Syrian TriCities.com has simple, FREE classifieds just for locals. No paper work required.
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Then we had learned that he was the man wanted by the U.S. authorities." Mohammed's death is the third major blow against al-Qaida in the last six weeks. Navy SEALs killed bin Laden on May 2 at his home in Pakistan. Just a month later, Ilyas Kashmiri, an 1-Qaida leader sought in the 2008 Mumbai siege and rumored to be a longshot choice to succeed bin Laden, was reportedly killed in a U.S. drone attack in Pakistan.
The strike against Kashmiri was not the direct result of intelligence material seized from the bin Laden compound, U.S. and Pakistan offi- and 15 soldiers defected and joined the protesters on Saturday, according to the Local Coordination Committees, which documents Syrian anti-government protests. The report could not be independently confirmed. Ausama Monajed, a Lon-, don-based Syrian activist, said the Assads could be worried not just about army defections, but any hesitation to obey shooton-sight orders. Human rights groups say more than 1,400 people nationwide have died in the government crackdown since the uprising erupted in southern Syria in mid-March.
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