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   Jul 13, 2023 · Showing 1 - 203 of 203 results. Search all Wendell Smith Obituaries and Death Notices to find upcoming funeral home services, leave condolences for the family, and research genealogy.

   • Wendell Lawrence Smith Jr Obituary (2024) - Fayetteville, NC ...

     Wendell Lawrence Smith Jr, or Smitty to most of his friends,...

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2. www.olsonfh.com › obituaries › Wendell-SmithObituary information for Wendell Smith - olsonfh.com

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   Wendell E. Smith, 80, of Rockford, died Friday, October 6, 2023, in Rockford. Born March 15, 1943, in Rockford, IL, the son of Carroll F. and Irene V. (Carlson) Smith. He married Penelope “Penny” Apgar; she predeceased him June 11, 2009. Wendell was the owner of Valley Countertops.

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   • By his own account, Wendell Smith grew up largely away from prejudice in Detroit. He was the son of John Smith, a personal chef for automobile magnate Henry Ford. John and the family were often invited to the Ford home for social gatherings, and Smith remembered that he often played baseball with the Ford children.

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   • Legacy's online obit database has obituaries, death notices, and funeral services for 201 people named Wendell Smith from thousands of the largest funeral homes and newspapers in the world. You can use our search tool to further specify which Wendell you are looking for by name, surname, location, funeral home, publication, and more.

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   Where did Wendell Smith grow up?

   • PITTSBURGH -- Wendell Smith grew up in Detroit, by his own account mostly free of racial discrimination. His father was a personal chef for Henry Ford, and Smith dreamed of playing baseball. In 1933, at age 19, he pitched a shutout in an American Legion state championship game.

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   Why did Wendell Smith quit baseball?

   • Smith recalled this frustration because the career he wanted—a major league baseball player—was simply not available to him. Wendell Smith developed into a quality young pitcher on his way to professional ball until a fateful day in 1933. At nineteen years old, Smith pitched a shutout for his integrated American Legion team.

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4. www.echovita.com › wendell-smith-15986819Wendell H. Smith Obituary (1952 - 2023) | Beltsville, Maryland

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   Feb 25, 2023 · Find the obituary of Wendell H. Smith (1952 - 2023) from Beltsville, MD. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care.

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   By his own account, Wendell Smith grew up largely away from prejudice in Detroit. He was the son of John Smith, a personal chef for automobile magnate Henry Ford. John and the family were often invited to the Ford home for social gatherings, and Smith remembered that he often played baseball with the Ford children. Once as he played, Smith overhear...

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   Immediately upon Smith’s graduation from West Virginia State College in 1937, the Pittsburgh Courierhired him. The Courier was the largest national black newspaper at the time and would come to be best known for launching the World War II Double V Campaign (a media campaign aimed at the African American community which sought victory at home agains...

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   In 1948 Smith accepted a job with the Chicago Herald-American (which would later change its name to Chicago’s American), becoming the first black sportswriter at a white newspaper. That same year he became the first black member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. It was during this time that Smith drifted away from events in Brooklyn,...

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Robinson died of a heart attack, at age 53, on Oct. 24, 1972. After a battle with pancreatic cancer, Smith passed away on Nov. 26, 1972. Smith’s last story was Robinson’s obituary -- the story of the man who changed baseball and society, written by the journalist who helped him do it.