Bro. J.T. Smith

BOONEVILLE – Bro. J.T. Smith, 86, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. He was a United States Army veteran. He was a retired farmer and Church of Christ minister. He was a member of the Tishomingo Church of Christ.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the McMillan Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Haskell Sparks and Minister Claudie Jones officiating. Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Frances Whitehead Smith; a son-in-law, William Barnett of Booneville; a stepson, Rickey (Kristie) Whitehead of Dennis; a sister, Nora Ellen Gault of Booneville; a grandson, John Barnett; two stepgranddaughters, Laken Pounds and Kaitlyn Whitehead.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Vernell Brown Smith; a daughter, Linda Smith Barnett; his parents, Wesley and Mary Ova Farrar Smith; one sister, Ernie Bell Johnson; and two brothers, Arvill Smith and Buster Smith.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Whitehead, Tyler Whitehead, Jeff Martin, Jackie Akers, Mackey Denson and Doug Taylor.

Visitation will until service time today at the funeral home.

Tupelo Journal, Sept. 8, 2009