Lois Dykes Smith

Published 6:00 am Monday, March 14, 2005

Services for Lois Dykes Smith of Monticello are 11 a.m., Monday,March 14 at Shiloh Baptist Church with burial in the churchcemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 5-9 p.m., at Wilson Funeral Home inMonticello.

Mrs. Smith, 81, died March 11, 2005, at Lawrence County NursingHome in Monticello. She was born in Oakvale on June 12, 1924, toHouston Dykes and Elizabeth Jane Wilson Dykes.

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She was a retired postmaster for many years. She was a member ofShiloh Baptist Church, where she was a member of Women’s MissionaryUnion.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her sisters, SybilMartin and Maude Bishop; and four brothers, O.T., Leonard, Isaacand Dempsey Dykes.

Survivors are her daughter, Ilene Smith Hugley of Monticello;her son, Hollis Dale Smith of Byram; her brother, Tib Dykes ofSontag; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.