Ford Smith

Ford Smith

 

ARJAY - Ford Smith passed away Friday, June 11, 2004, at Pineville Community Hospital.

He was born April 12, 1930, at Arjay, a son of the late Albert Smith and America Harris Smith. He was a truck driver, and he believed in the Baptist faith.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Scotty Lane Smith; ex-wife, Amanda Jones Smith; four brothers, Clell Smith, Clarence Smith, Claiborne Smith, Paul Smith; one sister, Myrtle Smith laws; and one granddaughter, Nancy Asher Slusher.

Left to mourn his passing are his wife, Charlotte H. Smith, Arjay; three daughters, Patricia Asher and husband, ODell of Arjay, Tabitha Yvonne Miller Smith of Arjay, Tiffany Jonella Raby and husband, Jack Daniels of Arjay; one brother, Slusher "Shortley" Smith and wife, Mary Betty, of Arjay; special cousins, William "Bill" Lynch and Nile "Jake" Harris, both of Arjay; grandchildren, Angela Asher Goodin, Nancy Elizabeth Asher Slusher, Kenny ODell Asher, Brandon Scott Miller, Gregory Lee Miller II, Latoshia Lashay Holland, Sydney (Paige) Raby, Ethan (LeRoy) Daniel Raby; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Arjay Baptist Church with the Revs. Taylor Adams and Richard Hall presiding. Burial will be in the Asher Family Cemetery at Rella. Pallbearers will be Michael Fleming, Jack Daniels Raby, Kenny Odell Asher, Jimmy Goodin, Dustin Goodin, Dewayne Laws, and John Wineberger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Talmadge V. Hays, T.J. Asher, Johnny Asher, Bill Carnes, and Tony Raby.

The family will receive friends after 12 p.m. (noon) Monday at Arjay Baptist Church.

Arrangements by Creech-Durham Funeral Home, Pineville, which is in charge of arrangements.

 

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