Private services will be held for Edgar Steve Smith, ofBrookhaven. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Smith, 54, died April 5, 2005, at his residence. He was bornin Brookhaven on Jan. 23, 1951, to Cedric Hugh Smith and DorisWalker Bessonette.

He served in the Army and was a member of Faith River BaptistChurch. He attended Southwest Mississippi Community College.

Preceding him in death was his father.

Survivors are his mother; his wife, Rebecca Darlene Durr Smith;his daughters, Nicole Howard and Jessica Smith, both of Brookhaven,and Lisa Crymes, of Cullman, Ala.; his son, Zercon Smith, ofJackson; his brothers, Michael Hugh Smith, of Brookhaven, and KevinBessonette, of Florence; his grandchildren, Isabella Smith, AlyssaBeard and Felicity Howard.