Rickey Smith

Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 27, 2011

NATCHEZ — Services for Rickey Lanyon Smith, 65, of Natchez, who died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, at Arnolds Personal Care Home in Natchez, will be at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. Wiley Reed officiating.

Burial will follow at Damascus Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home with graveside services at 4:30 p.m. today.

Visitation will be from noon until service time today.

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Mrs. Smith was born Sept. 28, 1945, in Lake Providence, La., the daughter of Preston Lamar Harris and Cloteal Chappell Harris. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Donald Ray Smith; two sons, James Farris and his wife Jennifer of Georgetown, La., and John Farris of Monterey; one daughter, Sonya Farris of Birmingham, Ala.; three step-sons, Jimmy Smith and his wife Dolly of Vidalia, Wayne Smith and his wife Debra of Natchez and Leslie Smith of Jackson; two brothers, Richard Lamar Harris of Tallulah, La., and Randy Harris of Rockwall, Texas; two grandchildren and six step-grandchildren.

The pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews.

To leave an online condolence, visit youngsfh.com.