Private graveside for Mr. Vencie Ladell “Smokey” Smith of Brookhaven will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, May 18, 2020, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Vencie Ladell “Smokey” Smith, 87, went to be with his Lord on May 15, 2020, at St Dominic’s Hospital. He was born on August 23, 1933,
to the late Claude Brantley Smith and Emily Catherine Covington Smith.
Mr. Smith served in the United States Army and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He was retired from Holsum Bread Company, Flovo-Rich Milk Company,
and as a driver for Smith Logging.
He was an outstanding, self-taught violinist. He loved country music and especially gospel music. He also loved playing in the band with his brothers.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Earlene McCaffrey Smith; parents; brothers,
Roger Smith, David Talmadge Smith, and Shaffer Smith; great-niece, Kimberly F. Lofton, nephew, Ron Herrington; brothers-in-law, Bill McCaffery,
James Lloyd McCaffery, Claude McCaffery; sisters-in-law, Helen Stubbs, Dorothy Coke, and Theresa Whittington.
Those left to cherish his memory are his brother, Kenneth Smith, and wife, Martha; sisters-in-law, Diane Burnett and husband Leroy, Jean Burnett
and husband James; ex sister-in-law, Faye Smith; along with special nieces, Rita Cook and husband Roy, Nita Case, Viva McGowen; great-niece, Alexis Cook;
nephews, Sean Herrington, Mike Burnett, Jeff Burnett, Tony Burnett, Molli Burnett and a host of other nieces and nephews,
and special friends to the family, Darlene Hester, and Bit Hall
The family would like to extend a special thank you to all the staff at Kings Daughter Medical Center and St. Dominic’s Hospital for their continuous love and care.
