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Monday Profile: William 'Jack' Smith celebrates 103rd birthday amid second major pandemic of his lifetime

Posted in Columbus & Lowndes County

Wayne Smith isn't sure how aware his dad is aware of COVID-19. It wouldn't be the first time William "Jack" Smith was unaware of a global pandemic. Born in 1917, Jack Smith was a year old when the Spanish Flu devastated the United States and Europe, claiming an estimated 50 million lives.

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