Dusty Smith

Dusty Smith

Hartselle

Funeral for Dusty Smith, 23, of Hartselle will be Sunday, August 19, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Tom Elder officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery with full Military and Firefighter Honors. Visitation will be this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Smith, who died Thursday, August 16, 2012, was born October 20, 1988, in Morgan County. Dusty was a loving son and was a proud member of the the Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department. He was the recipient of an Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, a National Defense Service Medal, an Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two campaign stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, an Army Service Ribbon, an Overseas Service Ribbon, a NATO Medal, a Combat Action Badge, and the Certificate of Continuous Honorable Active Service.

Survivors include his mother, Tammie Smith, Hartselle; stepfather, Jerry Dean Biggers, Arkansas; sister, Alixendrah "Alix" Biggers, Hartselle; niece, Catherine "Fraynkie" Johnston; grandfather, Jerry Smith, Town Creek; and grandmother, Roberta Smith, Hartselle.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Brown, Jeff Smith, Jeremy Smith, Zackary Allen, Sam and Andy Smith.

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.