Deaconess Emma Lee Smith

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Sarah L. Carter's Funeral Home - Northside

Posted events

February 1, 2026

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Viewing

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Northside Chapel of Sarah L. Carter's

6665 New Kings Road, Jacksonville, FL 32219

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Service

4519 Edgewood Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32219

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Celebration of Life

12:00 p.m.

Saint Matthew Baptist Church

3731 Moncrief Road, Jacksonville, FL 32209

Sarah L. Carter's Funeral Home - Northside

Posted an obituary

February 1, 2026

Deaconess Smith Obituary

Emma Lee Hayward Smith was born on April 1, 1947, in East Hastings, Florida. She was the sixth daughter of ten children born to James Hayward and Gertrude McKnight Hayward. She graduated from Harris High School in Hastings, Florida in 1966 where... Read Deaconess Smith's Obituary

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