Charles Jerome Smith

Charles J. Smith, 8/23/1933 – 6/27/2020

Charles J. Smith, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in New York City on June 27 following a long illness. Born on Staten Island on Aug. 23, 1933, he is survived by his wife of 49 years, Mary O’Hara Smith; children, Sheryl Davis (Herman), Jerome Smith (Arlene), Sheelagh Allston (Adam), and Cormac Smith (Rosanne Howell); grandchildren Philip and Vanessa Smith, Oji Nembhard, Jerome, Lateefah, Hassan, Jaryl, Felicia, Jonathan, and Jason Smith, Ayden and Chase Allston, and Royce Howell-Smith, daughter-in-law Tiffany Ramzy, and several great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, Charles K. and Mary W. Smith, his brother, Wayne Derrick, and his son, Charles A. Smith. Charles graduated from Curtis High School and in 1960 earned a BA degree in economics and business administration from Wagner College. In 1985 he completed an MPS in Health Care Administration at the New School University in New York. He worked for Mutual of New York Insurance Company before joining the NYC Health & Hospitals Corp., where he worked from 1972 – 1995 at Harlem Hospital and Sea View Hospital on Staten Island. After retiring from HHC, he worked as a registered representative for First Investors Corp. and from 1995 until 2017 in sales for Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company. Although he lived in Manhattan for many years, he remained a Staten Islander at heart. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to his family church, St. Philips Baptist Church, 77 Bennett St., Staten Island NY 10302. Arrangements are pending with Stradford Funeral Home.

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