The funeral service for Mrs. Deborah Vee Smith will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Heritage Family Church at 12:00 p.m.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral service. Interment will follow in Riverwood Memorial Park.

Deborah Vee Smith, 65 of Brookhaven, passed away January 7, 2019

She was born on June 14, 1953 to the late Junior Woodruff and Marlene Woodruff.

Deborah grew up in Urania, LA. and moved to Vidalia LA. She graduated May 21, 1971 from Vidalia High School.

She met Terry Smith and was married June 1, 1974 and after having their two daughters, they moved to Franklin County were she became a teacher of New Life Christian Academy.

In 1997 she moved to Brookhaven MS and a teacher of Brookhaven Christian Academy where she loved all her students and served faithfully at Heritage Family Church,

where she loved to cook for the church family and taught Sunday School, church camp and VBS. She was a loving grandmother to all her grandchildren and she loved to read and sing to them.

Preceding her in death are her brother, Dennis Woodruff.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Terry Smith of Brookhaven, MS; daughters, Heather Barrois and husband Tommy of Opelousas, LA, and Nicole Froelicher of Brookhaven, MS.

She is also survived by her 5 grandchildren, Delton Cothern, Avery Barrois, Dillon Barrois, Richmond Froelicher and Brenda Hamilton.