John Edgar Smith, age 87 of Bardstown, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at Landmark of Bardstown.  He was born April 26, 1936, in Holy Cross.  He was a former employee of General Electric and Hubbell Metals in Louisville.  He served his country in the U. S. Army.  He was a member of Saint Joseph Parish.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Kendrick "Reuben" and Anna Belle Medley Smith; four sisters, Wilbie Jean Corbett, Bernice Ballard, Ada Jane Hamilton and Barbara Ann Fogle; four brothers, Aaron, Juddie, Earl and Louis Smith.

Survivors include his wife of nearly 60 years, Grace Mattingly Smith; three children, Pam Filiatreau (Chris), Danna Dones (David), and Thomas Smith (Shandra) all of Bardstown; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 am Saturday, December 30, 2023, at Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral, 310 West Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown.  Rev. Terry Bradshaw will officiate.  Interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery where full military honors will be conducted by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard.

The visitation is 3-8 pm Friday at Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home, 1475 New Shepherdsville Road, Bardstown.

Memorials may go toward Saint Joseph Bereavement Fund c/o the church.

The pallbearers are Taylor Ballard, Wes Dones, Jonathon Kays, Mason Smith, Sawyer Filiatreau, and Semie Cash.

Mattingly Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.