The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 1996           TAG: 9610230366
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: IRVINGTON, N.J.                   LENGTH:   23 lines

TRENT L. SMITH

Trent L. Smith was born Aug. 21, 1963, in Norfolk. He departed this life on Oct. 5, 1996, at Irvington General Hospital in Irvington, N.J.

He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife, Donna Smith of Newark, N.J.; his parents, Elsie and Sylvester Smith of Norfolk; four brothers, Ivan Smith of Edison, N.J., Michael, Keith and Darrel Smith of Norfolk; a sister, Katherine Edward of West Palm Beach, Fla.; a son, Lovell Bennett of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three stepchildren, Clifton and Raina Pearson of Newark, N.J., and Shireka Burnett of Newark, N.J.; two step-grandchildren; grandfather and grandmother Albert and Nita Anderson of Lakewood, N.J.; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends, including special friends, the Winder Family and Russell Williams.

Services were held on Oct. 11, 1996, at St. James A.M.E. Church in Newark, N.J. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB