Billy C. Smith, 69, of Fitzgerald died Tuesday, October 31, at the Irwin County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Thursday, November 2 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Rev. Edsel Young officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Smith was born November 23, 1936, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late Homer E. and Ella Mae McCloud Smith. He lived in the community most of his life and attended Ashton School. Mr. Smith was retired owner/operator of Billy C. Smith Logging Company. He attended Eastside Holiness Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law: Billie Jean and Stanford Day of Broxton, Mary Jo and Ted Jinright of Irwin County and Lauren Smith of Jacksonville, FL; son: Harris Smith of Fitzgerald; 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren; brothers: Homer E. Smith, Jr. of Defuniak Springs, FL and Sammy Smith of Osierfield; mother of children: Annette Smith of Douglas. He was preceded in death by a son, Gary L. Smith.