George Smith Jr.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — George Wynn Smith Jr., 84, died May 5, 2018.
Born Feb. 9, 1934, in Dyersburg, Tenn., son of the late George Wynn Smith Sr. and Myrtle Goodin Smith, he grew up in Tiptonville, Tenn., and spent summers in Charleston, Mo. He attended high school at Philips Exeter Academy followed by college and law school at Harvard University. He practiced law in Memphis, Tenn., for 35 years. He was also a founding member of the Wolf River Society FTPOTOTS in Memphis and later The Usual Suspects political email group. In 1997, he moved to California, where he continued to practice law with his daughter and son-in-law.

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