The funeral service for Mrs. Frances Marie Williams Smith will be 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, at Gum Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until the time of service at Gum Grove.
Mrs. Smith, 76, of Bogue Chitto, died March 20, 2023, at her residence. She was born in Brookhaven August 16, 1946, to Rayford Williams and Ruby Bales Williams. She was a well known employee of The Cotton Patch Fabric Store, and enjoyed working with her sister there. She was always ready to cheer on her grandkids during the Bobcats sports seasons. She was also a member of Gum Grove Baptist Church. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Virgil M. Smith; son, Lance Smith; brothers, Charles Williams and Joe Williams; sisters-in-law, Faye Wallace and Mayfred Summers; niece, Sondra Case Smith; and brother-in-law, Ronnie Burns.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Rusti Magee (Johnny) and Dena Posey (Mike); brothers, Ellis Williams (Elaine), Roger Williams (Vicky); sisters, Betty Case (Gerald), Patsy Burns, and Mary Nell Clark (Ronnie); eight grandchildren, Ty Posey (Alanna), Mary Elizabeth Cunningham (Tyler), Samuel Posey (Stevie), Kylee Posey, Fayth Marie Magee, Neeli Magee, Noah Magee, Anna Marie Posey; and three great grandchildren, Maddux Cunningham, Jayden Cunningham, and James Lance Posey.
