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A New Year’s Salute to our Late Father — Mr. Johnie Will Smith

by John Bryant | Jan 1, 2016 | Bryant in Remembrance, John Hope Bryant Authored

Last night, exactly one year on New Year’s Eve, our dad passed on to be with our Lord. Or as I said at the time of his passing, dad has been ‘promoted.’  Gone on to a better place. Today, we remember him. My mother remembers dad mostly for how he...

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