Jettie Small Smith

Mrs. Jettie Small Smith, 84, of Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, May 2, 2003, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Smith was born April 12, 1920, in Clarksburg, W. Va., to Edward and Cecillia Boswell Small. She was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church of Walkertown. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a friend to all with whom she came into contact. She is preceded in death by her husband, Millard F. Smith Sr.; three children, Mearl Emmanuel, Doris and Millard F. Smith Jr.; and three grandchildren, Mearl, Mickie, and Belcher. Mrs. Smith is survived by four daughters, Hazel Oliver and husband, Clay of Clemmons, Clara "PePie" McCrary and husband, Lynn of Lexington, June Smith of Winston-Salem and Kay Doyle and husband, Mike of Kernersville; two sons, Edward Smith and wife, Phyllis of Mocksville and Liger Boswell and wife, Stephanie of Winston-Salem; five stepchildren, Harold, Ester, Jewell, Peggy and Frances; 22 grandchildren, Fonce, Clay, Jettie, Marty, Hazel, April, Jessica, Melissa, Olivia, Millard, Bees, Heath, Frank, Whitey, Isaac, Anthony, Lynnie, Doris, Katie, Jessica, Jamie and Zack; 25 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Stanley of W. Va.; a daughter-in-law, Pattie Smith of Pinnacle; a special grandson, Erik Sink; and a host of special friends who thought of her as a second mother. A funeral service will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel, with the Rev. Bobby Roberson and the Rev. Darrell Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Westview Cemetery in Radford, Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at the funeral home.