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— OBITUARY — John Taylor Smith
23rd November 1985, Page 32
23rd November 1985
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JOHN TAYLOR SMITH, the founder of Wetherby haulage company Jack Smith Transport, died on November 7. He was 62.
"Jack" Smith had worked in haulage front the age of 14, when he joined his father, Don, as a driver's mate. Soon after the Second World War he formed his own company, Jack Smith (Haulier), renamed as Jack Smith (Transport) in 1959.
In 1978 he sold out to his manager for many years.
• Doug Carter, although he retained control of Jack Smith (Commercials), the company he started in 1970 to buy and sell used vehicles. Although he went into semi-retirement in 1975, he continued with the sales business on a reduced scale until his death.