Nell S. Smith

Published 5:00 am Monday, July 2, 2007

Services for Nell S. Smith, of Brookhaven, are 4 p.m. Monday,July 2, at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive with burial inMatthews Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Brookhaven.

Visitation is Monday from 1 until 4 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Smith, 88, passed away June 29, 2007, at her residence. Shewas born in Copiah County on July 22, 1918, to William M. Smith andBeulah Sasser Smith.

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She was a homemaker. She was a member of Sweetwater MethodistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband Virgil T.Smith; her brothers Willie, Miller, Howell, Mack, Paul, Leonard andPat Smith; her sister Mayme Smith Britt; and her son-in-law GradyJones Jr.

Survivors are her daughters Bobby June Smith Jones, ofHazlehurst, Betty Butler and husband Ralph, of Florence, JeanetteWatts and husband Ronny, of Brookhaven; her sister, Johnnie PearlSmith, of Brookhaven; grandchildren Vann Edward Jones, and wifeRobbin, Craig Smith Jones and wife Melissa, Neill David Jones,Bradley Gene Watts and wife Wendy, and Blake Edgar Watts and wifeChristina; her great-grandchildren Nathan Jones, Brendan Jones,Jourdan Marie Jones, Marty Jones, Meagan Jones, Micah Jones, WillWatts, Whitney Brooke Watts, Avery Anna Watts; and a host of niecesand nephews.

Donations may be made to Matthews Chapel Methodist ChurchCemetery Fund, 3174 Old Red Star Road N.W., Brookhaven, MS39601.