Joe W. Smith passed away May 17, 2024 at the age of 101. He was born October 12, 1922 to the late Cecil Aubrey Smith and Mary Zelma Pougue.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Phillips Smith; children, Mary Jane Smith, Luther Smith and Teresa Smith Godbold; siblings, Jimi Louise Kadrey, Claude Smith, Philip Smith, Fannie Mae Wingard and Aubrey Douglas Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Jean Henline Smith; children, Joe William Smith, Jr., Aubrey Tilton Smith and Mary Zelma McConnell and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday, May 24, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home with Chaplain Samuel Duff officiating. Interment will follow at New Live Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10:00 a.m., prior to the service.
The funeral will be streamed live online, via the funeral home's Facebook page, at
facebook.com/LawrenceFH