Reba Williams Smith

Mrs. Reba Williams Smith, 95, bookkeeper for Jones & Lang Sporting Goods and resident of Stonewall Road, died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at NHC Hillview. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. Burial will follow in Restview Cemetery in Loretto. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Craft Memorial United Methodist Church, Heating & Cooling Fund, 907 Hatcher Lane, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Wayne County native was the daughter of the late John Benjamin Williams and Mary Elizabeth Morrison Williams and a graduate of Loretto High School. Mrs. Smith was a devoted member of Craft Memorial United Methodist Church for many years and the Fellowship Sunday School Class. She loved reading her Bible every day, was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed quilting. Survivors include her husband of seventy-four years, James Villard Smith of Columbia; sons, Carl Douglas (Charlotte) Smith of Chattanooga and James Thomas (Margene) Smith of Franklin; grandchildren, Shane (B.J.) Smith of Augusta, Georgia, Matthew Thomas (Heamin Sun) Smith of Brooklyn, New York, and Christina Elise (Aaron) Cammarn of Nashville; great-grandchildren, Jordan Smith, Seth Douglas Smith, and Kendall Nicole Smith; nieces, Betty Walker and Jane Rountree. She was preceded in death by sisters, Pearl Littrell, Mary Martin, Nona Isbell, and Bennie Hubbard; and brothers, Dumont Williams and Norman Williams. Active pallbearers are Steve Johnson, John Michael Johnson, Jim Smith, Rodney Jones, Chris Smith, and Mickey Thompson. Honorary pallbearers include Heavy Thompson, Wilmer Springer, John McEntyre, and Ocial Sharpton.