of Clarksville, AR

December 11, 1946 - June 23, 2021

On June 23rd, 2021, the greatest man I ever knew, my Dad, Jerry E Goldsmith left this world to be together with his loving wife, Dorothy in their Heavenly home. He came into this world on December 11th, 1946, in Clarksville, Arkansas, to proud parents, Clyde Emmit and Lossie May Goldsmith.

At age 5 he lost his Dad in a tragic sawmill accident. His mother Lossie remarried two years later to Truman Warren, and he immediately gained two brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Clarksville High School in 1964 and attended The College of the Ozarks for one year until February 1965 when he married his lifelong sweetheart and love of his life for the next 43 years, Dorothy Jean White. Together they had one son ''me'' Jerry Vance Goldsmith in February 1966.

In the mid-60s he ran the first gas station to open at the 58 Exit on I-40 in Clarksville, it was a ''TEXACO''. In the late 60s early 70s, he owned and operated ''Goldsmith's Grocer and Gas'' at Woodland. After that he went to work for Singer in Clarksville until the late 70s when he started working in the real estate business and headed up the ''United Farm Agency'' office in Clarksville.
One of my Dad's favorite things to do was carpentry work. He loved to buy old houses and buildings and turn them into something nice, which he did pretty much all his life. My Dad enjoyed my mom's cooking as she was an excellent cook, so in the mid-80s they started up a small soup and sandwich shop on Main Street in Clarksville, Arkansas, called ''the Village Pantry'' and for the next three years we were all in the restaurant business.

He went to work for Sara Lee Hosiery as a maintenance mechanic in 1989 where he stayed until retiring in 2013. He was a strong Christian conservative with a big heart and a great love for God., Family and Country. My Dad was the greatest son, husband, father, and friend anyone can hope for.

He was preceded in death by his dear parents, Clyde and Lossie Goldsmith and his loving wife, Dorothy, plus several Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. Those staying behind for now are myself, Vance Goldsmith, my wife Lelona, with all her sisters and brothers that he thought of as his own, two brothers Jack and James Warren, 2 sisters Carol Warren and Gail Rhodes, three special cousins who thought of as his sisters, Glenda Gail Gibson, Laura Fern Vale, and Carol Sue Champagne, a very special brother and sister-in-law, Donny and Linda White, plus numerous other cousins and friends. His body was cremated and there will be a celebration of life memorial in his honor later this fall. In lieu of flowers please donate in his memory to Hedgeway Church.com/giving, click on Guatemala mission on Gideon International Bible Placement Program.

Anyone who knew or even met my Dad almost immediately liked him. He had a very calm, friendly, sincere, pleasing personality. He was good at business but never put that before family and friends. I only saw him raise his voice at another person a couple of times in my life and that person was me, but not because he was mean, but because he loved me and did not want me to mess up.
I love you Dad and will miss you very much, looking forward to seeing you again someday.

Your son, Vance

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Cox Funeral Home
Rogers & Poplar Streets
Clarksville, AR  72830
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com