Annette Smith, 69, of Fitzgerald, died Monday, December 4 at Shady Acres Nursing Home in Douglas.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM Wednesday, December 6, at Eastside Holiness Baptist Church, Fitzgerald with the Rev. Edsel Young officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Ms. Smith was born June 2, 1937, in Telfair County, to the late William Roberson and the late Georgia Ann Hart Roberson Wilkerson, She lived in the community all of her life and was a former employee of Fitzgerald Underwear and The Harris House. Ms. Smith attended Eastside Holiness Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law: Billie Jean & Stanford Day of
Broxton and Mary Jo & Ted Jinright of Irwin County; son: Harris Smith of Fitzgerald; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; brothers: John Thomas Roberson of Glenwood and William Roberson, Jr., of Douglasville; sister: Evelyn Roberson of Rhine along with several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Gary Lynn Smith, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.