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Deacon Sylvester Smith

1935 - 2022

BORN

1935

DIED

2022

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Crawford Funeral Home - Lancaster

410 West Meeting Street

Lancaster, South Carolina

Sylvester Smith Obituary

Deacon Sylvester Smith, 87, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.

A son of the late Willie Smith and late Ella Mae Josey Smith, he was born Sept. 1, 1935, in Dublin, Ga.

Funeral service is 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Bibleway Church Atla Road, Columbia. Burial in New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster.

Viewing is 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Crawford Funeral Home.

Survivors include daughters, Diane Corbin of Upper Marlboro, Md., Natasha Hayward of Florence; sons, Ronald Smith of Ellenwood, Ga., Rodney Laney of Union, N.J., Anthony Smith of Paterson, N.J.; brother, Thomas Lee Smith of Virginia Beach, Va.

Condolences to [email protected].

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Lancaster News from Jan. 3 to Jan. 4, 2023.

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Jan

5

Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Crawford Funeral Home

410 W. Meeting Street, Lancaster, SC 29720

Jan

6

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Bible Way Church Columbia

2440 Atlas Road, Columbia, SC 29209

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Crawford Funeral Home - Lancaster

410 West Meeting Street, Lancaster, SC 29720

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