Individual Details

Death

Funeral services for Wylie “Gordon” Smith,of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, at Riverwood FamilyFuneral Service, with burial in Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Smith, 73, died Oct. 25, 2011, at Renea Johnson’s Personal Care Center. He was born in Lincoln County on Oct. 23, 1938, to John”Manny” Smith and Gladys Turnage Smith. He was retired from Deviney Construction and attended Holly Springs Baptist Church. He was in the U.S. Navy. Preceding him in death were his parents; and wife, Juanita Ann Furr Smith. Survivors are his special friend, Judy Yelverton; sons, Billy Smith and wife, Becky, of Bogue Chitto, Gene Smith and fiancé, Janet Passman, of Natchez, Johnny Smith and wife, Candi, of Brookhaven, and Corey Smith, of Hazlehurst; brother, Elton Smith, of Brookhaven; special caretaker and niece, Susie Alonzo; 13 grandchildren; and one great­grandchild.