EDWIN SMITH WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 1957 , IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, TO THE PARENTAGE OF THE LATE ROY LEE SMITH AND BETTIE JO SMITH-STEPHENSON. HE LATER MOVED TO DALLAS, TEXAS AND GRADUATED FROM ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN 1976 AND MET AND MARRIED NANNETTE WHITESIDE-SMITH.

EDWIN SMITH JOINED BIBLEWAY BIBLE CHURCH AND ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR. HE LOVED WORKING AS A CHEF AT MANY RESTAURANTS AND HIS SPECIALTY WAS COOKING BBQ.

EDWIN WOULD NOT ALLOW ILLNESS TO DEFEAT HIM. HE WAS A LOVING AND CARING HUSBAND, FATHER , GRAND-DAD AND FRIEND. NOBODY WAS A STRANGER TO HIM. EDWIN WOULD HELP ANYBODY ALONG THE WAY. HE LOVED SPORTS AND HIS BELOVED PET PRINCESS.

EDWIN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SISTERS AND BROTHERS, TERESA SMITH, BILLY AND BOBBY STEPHENSON , BRENDA STEPHENSON AND AUTHUR LEE STEPHENSON .

HE LEAVES TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE HIS CHILDREN, RONA FLEMINGS (MELTON), ASHLEY WHITESIDE, EDWIN SMITH, JR. (CHLOE), AND CHRISTEL WHITESIDE; A VERY SPECIAL COUSIN, DIANE BROOKS; 9 GRAND CHILDREN,  2 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN  AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.