‘Stay Your Sprint 5K and enjoyable run’ deliberate in reminiscence of beloved Weber County Legal professional Dee Smith

SOUTH OGDEN — A 5K is being held at Friendship Park in South Ogden in reminiscence of Dee Smith, who was the Weber County legal professional for roughly 5 years till he instantly handed in 2021 after experiencing a medical episode.

His spouse, Sherrie Smith, wished to create an occasion in his reminiscence to help legislation enforcement.

Due to his love for health, that occasion turned the Stay Your Sprint 5K and enjoyable run, going down on June 1.

Sherrie Smith stated the run and its trigger function illustration of the life her husband led as a public servant.

“Dee was passionate. I used to at all times joke that his mistress was legislation enforcement, and I used to be OK with that,” she stated. “And now it is our probability to offer again for all the things that he did.”

Dee Smith was an assistant county legal professional for a few years earlier than being elected as Weber County legal professional. He later turned a decide in Ogden Justice Courtroom earlier than deciding to step down and turn out to be a prosecutor once more after a few yr on the bench.

Investigator Steve Haney with the Weber County Legal professional’s Workplace labored intently with Dee Smith on many circumstances.

“Dee was one in all my finest pals, and after I say that, there’s in all probability 20 different individuals who would in all probability say that too, as a result of that is the form of man he was. That is how he made you are feeling,” Haney stated. “And he was at all times concerned with health, at all times biking, working, climbing.”

Haney stated that Dee Smith was devoted and referred to as him “our go-to man.”

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“Dee wasn’t a cop, however he was one in all us. He beloved cops. He beloved the legislation and he beloved justice,” Haney stated. “And he by no means, ever forgot that (what) was an important factor in his life was his spouse and youngsters.”

Haney stated he retains Dee Smith’s image hanging up on his workplace wall.

Sherry Smith stated that the 5K and enjoyable run characterize what Dee Smith did in his life.

“He was a tremendous man and household man, and (in) the group. And we wished to hold that legacy on,” she stated.

These near Dee Smith wished a strategy to honor his life as a prosecutor, his temporary stint as a decide, and his love for health.

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Sherrie Smith stated her late husband “lived his Sprint,” in reference to a poem she learn at his funeral in 2021.

Previously two years of the “Stay Your Sprint 5K and enjoyable run,” about $45,000 has gone towards scholarships for college students within the police academy and CSI.

This yr, there’s a particular give attention to serving to clear up chilly circumstances in Weber County. Investigators at the moment are engaged on greater than a pair dozen circumstances on the Weber County Legal professional’s Workplace.

Sherrie Smith is grateful her husband’s reminiscence continues on in his life’s mission and in a touch that anybody can participate in.

“It’s about dwelling your finest life and making an attempt to offer again to the group,” Sherrie Smith stated.