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 * James D. Smith** Sunday, February 14, 1980

APPALACHIA, VIRGINIA - James D. Smith, 65, passed away on Sunday after a nearly decade long battle with black lung disease. He was a veteran of the coal mining business, having served in the mines for thirty-five years. He began showing symptoms of black lung at age fifty-seven. James left behind a wife, two sons, and four grandchildren.