Roger C. Smith Sr.

Roger Smith Obituary

Mr. Roger Connell Smith Sr., son of the late Johnnie and Elizabeth Smith, departed this life at McGuire Veterans Medical Center, Richmond, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008.

He leaves behind family left to mourn: his wife, Cynthia D. Smith; one daughter, Shirley D. Smith; one son, Roger Smith Jr.; one granddaughter, Zakhia Smith; two brothers, Dallas and Carl Smith; three sisters, Marlene Moore (Larry), Iris B. Smith (Augusta) and Brenda Tellington (Alan); seven sisters-in-law, Elaine King (George), Gloria Y. Dunn, Diane Johnson, Cheryl Cox, Roxie Smith (Carl), Lillian Smith and Caroline Matthew (Wallace); two brothers-in-law, Larry Moore and Curtis Johnson; a host of other nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, a special and devoted friend, RayFeen Green.

A funeral service will be held at noon, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 at the chapel of J. M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc., 102 South Ave., Petersburg, Va. with the Rev. Al Moody officiating. Interment will follow in The Veterans Cemetery in Amelia.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 at the funeral establishment.

The family will also receive friends at 3619 Union Branch Road, Petersburg, Va. and maybe contacted by calling (804) 861-1811.

Family members and friends are invited to pay final tribute to Mr. Smith online at www.jmwilkersonsince1874.com and where you may view a video tribute online or at the establishment.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the staff of the J. M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment Inc., 102 South Ave., Petersburg, VA, (804) 732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsince1874.com.

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Published by The Progress-Index from Oct. 9 to Oct. 14, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Roger Smith

3 Entries

Angalyn Slater

October 14, 2008

Hey uncle, I miss you already. Your warm smile with that big pretty mole on your cheek.We shared a lot of good times, with lots of love laughter,and even some tear. We also share some amazing time the birth of our children,praying together, and family gathering.WE also shared New Beginning when we all when to church together on New Year Eve looking for change. Just like one of your favorite sing by R.Kelly.He save me! He save me!gave me a second chance. Now Rogers you live .Like my favorite expression JOY JOY JOY! Thank you Uncle Rogers for bring so much joy in our life's Love you Always Your Niece Angie Forever!!

Aleta Harrison

October 13, 2008

Uncle Roger, I will miss your smiling face every day but God knew, your battle was done and Heaven was waiting. Your pain is gone now and you can keep smiling again. Love you, always!; forever and a day!!!
Your niece and family, Aleta

JACKI

October 9, 2008

Warm Summer Sun

Warm summer sun,
Shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night.

By Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Poetry Foundation

Music, when soft voices die

Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory—
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

By Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Poetry Foundation

Remember

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

By Christina Rossetti