ALMOST A YEAR AGO ON JULY 29TH,2010 I REMEMBER YOU CALLING ME SAYING YOU DID NOT FEEL WELL, AND THAT YOU WOULD BE OK, AND YOU WOULD SEE ME IN THE MORNING, BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN I WAITED YOU TO CALL THAT WAS NOT LIKE YOU SO I KNEW YOU WERE GONE, AND NOW I SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS  LOVE FOR YOU IS  STILL IN MY HEART, CAUSE I KNOW ON THAT NIGHT OF JULY 29YH 2010 YOU CROSSED OVER AND FINISHED THE RACE. AMEN. YOUR LOVE, KAY.

NOT A SHY MAN, BUT A REAL MAN, MY REAL MAN AND FIANCE WHAT MAKES A REAL MAN? IS IT FANCY SUITS, A NICE CAR, OR HOW GOOD HE LOOKS FROM AFAR, A REAL MAN IS MADE FROM THE INSIDE OUT, THAT WAS YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT, AND YOU SHOWED ME YOU CARED IN SO MANY WAYS,BY GIVING ME COMFORT IN LONG NIGHTS . AND TROUBLED DAYS.ALL THE YEARS I HAVE KNOWN YOU, NOT ONCE HAVE YOU CHANGED. EVERYTIME I WAS WITH YOU, IT WAS THE SAME, FUN EXCITING AND SUCH A JOY,THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL FILL THE VOID, YOU PROVED THAT A MAN AND A WOMEN CAN BE FRIENDS, I GUESS IF ITS A REAL MAN...THATS WHERE IT BEGINS.YOU LEFT ME TOO SOON IT SEEMS, BECAUSE NOW I ONLY SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS. I KNOW YOUR IN HEAVEN. BECAUSE THATS WHERE A REAL MAN SHOULD GO.THE LOVE WE SHARED FOR EACH OTHER WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN MY HEART. BECAUSE A REAL MAN NEVER PARTS.LOVE YOUR FIANCE,KAY WE HAD UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. 1983 TO 2010.

THE  TWENTY SIX YEARS WE SPENT TOGETHER I WILL ALLWAYS REMEMBER IN MY HEART FOREVER, LOVE YOUR BEST FRIEND AND CONFIDANT. AND YOUR JUST LIKE YOUR SON TRAVIS WHOM YOU FATHERED SINCE HE WAS THREE YRS. OLD.

The McKinney family, graduates of Calvin Coolidge High School, extends its deepest sympathy to Joe's family. Joseph Smith was a proud man he was a good man. He was shy, but confident and very giving. He was devoted and his words were powerful.  He was an "OLD WAR HORSE". He was prepared in heart and mind for this day, for he had accepted GOD in his life. He was happy. He was living right. His friendships, some dating back more than 40 yrs., were just as devoting. Whether he was out on the golf course trying to be Tiger Woods with his friends or in the “studio” burning some music CD’s for his friend he was surrounded by good people. Joe said to me just recently that he would give up his life to save the friends who he though of as his brothers.  You know who you are, A Joseph Smith may not come again in your lifetime, but if he should, embrace him and listen. But remember this one and realize what this Joseph Smiths’ presence in your life did for you. Memories of him will be everywhere. WHEN I PRAY, I WILL PRAY FOR HIM AND WHEN I PRAY, I WILL WHISPER HIS NAME IN MY PRAYERS. SYLVIA MCKINNEY-ABLE Class of 1966