INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Meredith Smith takes part in his final fireworks show tonight.

Smith died in February at the age of 74. For nearly 40 years, he was in charge of the fireworks displays for his northside Indianapolis neighborhood and the White River Yacht Club.

About a half-teaspoon of Smith's ashes will be placed in a fireworks shell that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale of the annual show.

Smith also will be memorialized through hundreds of T-shirts referring to the tribute as "the last shot."

His widow, Charlotte Smith, says they sometimes used their own money to finance the shows.

A Marion County health department official says there's no public health problem with firing cremated remains in fireworks.

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