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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FRANCIS HENRY

SMITH

     Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Gee, Morgan, Coyne, and Metts

     Date Introduced: April 01, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Francis

Henry Smith, the loving husband for thirty years to Mary Ellen Smith, and the devoted father of

Emily Florence Smith, Patrick Henry Smith and his wife, Jillian, John Henry Smith, Matthew

Henry Smith, and Benjamin Henry Smith; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Robert and Thelma Smith and the brother

of Madonna Smith, Roberta M. Bloomer and her husband, William, and the late Marjorie

Garrahan. He was also the uncle of several nieces and nephews; and

     WHEREAS, Although born in Providence, Mr. Smith grew up in Smithfield, and was a

graduate of La Salle Academy. He continued his education, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree

from Rhode Island College, and his Master's Degree in Public Administration from Suffolk

University. He had been employed as the Executive Director of the Smith Hill Community

Development Corporation; and

     WHEREAS, Active in his faith, Mr. Smith was a parishioner at St. Pius V Church, and

during his youth, had been a member of St. Philip Church. He was a well-respected and widely-

admired member of the community and had spent much of his adult life volunteering and serving

in leadership positions for numerous nonprofit groups; and

      WHEREAS, Francis Smith was blessed with the love of his family and many friends,

and in return, he gave back to others with sincere generosity and an open heart, and he will be

sadly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Francis Henry Smith, and even though

we are diminished by this loss and mourn his passing, so must we celebrate the spirit and

kindness with which he lived every day of his life; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith and family.

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