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Shelton Smith Obituary

Owner and operator of South of the Border Restaurant, St. Francisville, and a resident of Woodville, Miss., he died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at Natchez Community Hospital. He was 67, born June 9, 1943, born in Centreville, Miss. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Visiting at Newman Funeral Home chapel, Woodville, on Thursday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m., conducted by Brother Bernard Waites and the Rev. Pat Smith. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Sarah Nyma Cunningham Smith, of Woodville; two sons, David Abner Smith, and Charles Lesley Smith and wife Mystic Carter Smith, all of Woodville; two sisters, Belinda Smith Ogronick and husband John, of Cleburne, Texas, and Alyce Smith and her daughter, Jennifer Hale, both of Natchez; three brothers, Sammy Smith and wife Judy, of Hattiesburg, Miss., Johnny Smith and wife June, of Cleveland, Tenn., and Mike Smith and wife Nancy, of Columbia, Miss.; and three grandchildren, Charles Thomas Smith, William Brady Smith and David Carter Smith, all of Woodville. Preceded in death by his parents, Doris Pierce Smith and Floyd "Abner" Smith Jr. and Ida Mae "Hickey" Smith. Pallbearers will be Brandon Rowe, Jessie Stewart, Keith Smith, Andy Partridge, Charles McGraw, Mike Vannoy, David R. Smith, Lee Dixon and Trey Spinks. Honorary pallbearers are Sidney Ashley, D.D. Sumrall, Thomas Carter, James Forman, Eugene Martin, Robert Lewis, M.D., Charlie Gilliam, Jerry Keith Foster, Paul Habig, Donny Smith and Jimmy Ray Reese. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wilkinson County Christian Academy, Woodville.

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Published by The Advocate on Feb. 17, 2011.

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