Verla K. Smith
Published 7:30 pm Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Funeral services for Verla K. Smith, of Brookhaven, were 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Summit.
Mrs. Smith, 82, died Jan. 19, 2013, at Countrybrook Living Center. She was born on Jan. 30, 1930, to Jessie Kyzar and Lucy Lawrence Kyzar.
She was a retired surgical nurse at King’s Daughters Medical Center and a member of Brookway Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; son, Donald W. Smith; brothers, Bertran Kyzar, Lawrence Kyzar and Clavin Kyzar; and sisters, Geraldine Young, Justeen Boyd, Norva Lee Reeves, Bertile Kimble and Orell Haralson.
Survivors are her sons, Frank A. Smith Jr. and wife, Sue Fortenberry-Smith, and Michael T. Smith and wife, Demple Britt Smith; brother, James Elton Kyzar; four grandchildren, Terry Smith Merklein, Joel Smith, Brittany Smith Read and Brandi Smith; four great-grandchildren, Jack Merklein, Jessica Merklein, Virginia Smith and Cecelia Smith; and many beloved nieces and nephews.
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