Dennis Paul Smith, age 46, of Toledo, passed away April 26, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio Toledo. He was born May 16, 1967 in Toledo to Larry and Patricia (Nowak) Smith. Dennis was employed with Walmart for 5 years. He was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan, enjoyed traveling and photography. Dennis met the love of his life and fiancé, Andrea Snodgrass in 2006 and it was because of her Dennis was able to blossom tremendously.
Dennis is survived by his fiancé, Andrea Snodgrass; siblings, Richard Smith, Tim (Jennifer) Smith, Willie (Linda) Foster, Dorothy (Brandon) Wilkes of St. Louis, MO, Joseph Smith and James (Joy) Smith of Cincinnati, OH., and Chad Smith as well as a host of nieces and nephews. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents Larry Richard and Patricia Joyce Smith, and sister Fae Marie Smith Kaminski.
The Smith family would also like to acknowledge our extended Avondale family being that Dennis was one of the original Avondale hitters: Mark Bates, Leon Bates, Reggie Knighten, Tony Frost, Victor Knighten, Andre Knighten, Harold Banker, Jamie Rollins, Jeff Rollins, Dale Jones, Lionel Jones, Sean Hinton, Norman Hinton, Byron Gibson, Darrell Gibson, the late Marvin Turner, Reed Russel, Corey Barnett, Rodney Barnett, Steve Jacobs, Cedric Smith, Travis Smith, the other Dennis "Mack" Smith, Greg Zielinski, Todd Kynard, JoJuan Armour, Chandler Harris, Jay Brown, Gilbert McKinney, Marcus Fobbs, Eddie Fobbs, James "Chubb" Howard, Lorenzo McCardell, the late John McCardell, Nate Houston, Little Larry Smith, Gerald Riley, Kevin Butts, Ralph Butts, Chuck Moye, and Lee Noble! We love all of you! Forever a FIRM brotherhood.....always!
A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Warren A.M.E. Church, 915 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43604 at 11:00 am.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Dennis's memory.