Annette Smith, 68, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home, Ocilla, Georgia
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Friday, April 29, 2005 at Lax Holiness Baptist Church, with Rev. Glen Fussell officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00 Thursday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Ms. Smith was born November 30, 1936, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late Calvin and Elizabeth Swilley Lankford. A homemaker, she lived in Irwin County most of her life. Ms. Smith was a member of Lax Holiness Baptist Church.
Ms. Smith is survived by a daughter: Vicki Smith of Homerville; two sons: Darryl Smith of Waycross and Scott Smith of Valdosta; five grandchildren: Brittany, Brooke and Brandy Smith, all of Valdosta, Jason Smith of Jacksonville, FL and Blake Smith of Waycross; two sisters: Ione Ring of Cordele and Linda Maitland of Douglas. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Terrell Lankford.