Services for John Steve Smith, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Wednesday, June 3, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel inBrookhaven with burial in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Tuesday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Smith, 85, died June 1, 2009, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter in Brookhaven. He was born on Jan. 8, 1924, to Charlie SteveSmith and Ollie Mae Watts Smith.

He was a retired salesman working at McLane Southern for 41years. He served during World War II. He was a member of EasthavenBaptist Church. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars andwas also a Mason.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Charlie Steve Smith andOllie Mae Smith; his sons, Billy Steve Smith and John CarrollSmith; his brothers, Willie Smith, Jessie Smith and Ernest Smith;and his sisters, Wisie Smith and Lou Mae Hammonds.

Survivors are his wife, Mary Lou Case Smith; a son, Ronald GlennSmith and wife, Stephanie, of Mendenhall; a daughter, Regina LynnTaylor and husband, Kenneth, of Long View, Texas; a brother, HaroldSmith; a sister, Ruby Carlisle; his nine grandchildren; and his 15great-grandchildren.

To express your thoughts to the family, you can visitwww.riverwoodfamily.com.