A memorial service for Samuel Oscar Kennedy Jr., 75, of Smithville will be held Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church. Mr. Kennedy passed away Nov. 29 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was a truck driver, the owner/operator of Central Transport and of the Catholic faith.He was preceded in death by his parents Samuel Sr. and Annie Lee Kennedy; two sisters Louise and Barbie Kennedy; and a son James Alan Kennedy.Survivors include his wife of 55 years Mary Kennedy of Smithville; two sons John F. (Jaclyn) Kennedy of Blue Ash, Ohio, and Samuel L. (Shelia) Kennedy of Walling; six grandchildren James and Thomas Kennedy, both of Lansing, Michigan, Tina and (Jeremy) Kennedy-Sauer of Sparta, Michael Newton of Georgia, Athena and Cameron Kennedy, both of Blue Ash, Ohio; a sister Edna Pietrzyk of Virginia; and several nieces and nephews.