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From Monroe County, Alabama, Jacob O. Smith, Sr. joins an elite company of award winning authors such as Harper Lee ("To Kill A Mockingbird") and Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood")
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Background
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Jacob O. Smith, Sr. , known as Jake to his friends, lives in Pensacola, Florida. He founded and managed a commercial printing company for 37 years. When he officially retired from the business, he began inventing things so he wouldn’t go absolutely crazy. People always get a laugh when Jake tells them that people with common sense don't invent things, and that they have to be a little crazy to do things such as inventing. Maybe Jake gets the last laugh: as a result of his inventions, he was awarded 9 US patents. Back in 1989 as a result of his 1st invention, Jake's company was awarded a contract from the US military.
In 2004, the local newspaper did an article on Jake entitled "Mom and Pop operation lights way for US troops”. Jake was amazed when he saw his picture on the front page of the newspaper. The next morning following the newspaper article the local television station did a video presentation that was on the local news that night. The article the local newspaper did on Jake made the Associated Press, and made news all over the state of Florida. Jake wasn't aware of this extensive coverage, until he received a telephone call from his niece who lived in Gainesville, Fl. She called her uncle Jake in Pensacola and told him about the article she had seen in her local newspaper.
Jake has been collecting stories all his life--after he retired from the printing business, he dedicated one hour a day to writing. He filled six notebooks with his material. Some of the stories are from his own boyhood in rural Alabama, others are ones told to him by his mother and other relatives about their own experiences. Now he’s woven many of these stories into his new novel: “ ‘T’ Mater Gravy 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.” When you read this book, you’ll be immersed into a surprisingly foreign time and place. Jake and his wife Voncile are the proud parents of 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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Birth Place
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Monroe County, AL
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Accomplishments
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Jake is an avid antique automobile collector. Presently he owns a 1965 Chrysler 300 Convertible in showroom condition. He drives it in parades, as a member of the antique car unit in the Pensacola Hadji Shrine Temple. Jake also collects antique Volkswagens. He owns a 1973 Auto Stick Super Beetle with tinted windows and air-conditioned, and he has a show room condition 1974 Volkswagen convertible with only 34,000 actual miles. Jake also collects and restores old Coca Cola machines.
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In addition to a host of other things Jake is involved in, he takes pride in being an Amateur Radio Operator (Ham) with an Advanced Amateur License. In this capacity, he helps in diasters relaying messages in times of hurricanes. Helps in connecting Mothers and Fathers in South America to talk to their sons or daughters attending Pensacola Christian College thru radio relay.
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Contact Information
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Jacob O. Smith, Sr.
601 Armenia Drive
Pensacola FL 32505
USA
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Contact Author: Jacob O. Smith, Sr.
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