Melvin Gene Smith Jr.

Melvin Gene Smith, Jr, age 85, transitioned from this life on June 12, 2026, in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 19, 2026, from 4pm to 6pm at St James Baptist Church, 2665 Richwood Road #2, Monroe, Louisiana. The funeral service will be Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 11:00am at St James Baptist Church, 2665 Richwood Road #2, Monroe, Louisiana. Interment will immediately follow at Richwood Cemetery, 2705 Richwood Road #2, Monroe, Louisiana.

Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways of happy times and laughing times and bright and summer days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

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