Charles N. Prudames, vice president of sales for Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., died of cancer April 4, 2004, in Montgomery, AL. He was 64 years old.
Prudames started work at Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. in 1984 as a regional manager following a successful career in field sales. In 1989, he was promoted to national sales manager, then a few years later to vice president of sales. Under his guidance, Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. experienced the longest and most prosperous sales and marketing growth in the company's history.