Mrs. Anne Tucker Smith, 83, of Ocilla, died Tuesday, October 9, at the Irwin County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M., Saturday, October 13, at the Ocilla United Methodist Church, with Rev. Richard Soper and Rev. Scott Brenton officiating. Interment will follow in the Ocilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Friday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Smith was born April 17, 1924, in Irwin County, to the late W.H. and Elizabeth Beall Tucker. She moved to Ocilla in 1974 from Tifton. Mrs. Smith was retired Operations Officer from C & S Bank in Tifton. She was a member of the Ocilla United Methodist Church, the U.M.W. and the Guild.
Mrs. Smith is survived by a son & daughter-in-law, Allan & B.A. Smith of Ocilla; daughter, Brenda Anne Clark of Asheville, NC; grandchildren, Amber Smith (Brad) McQueen of Ocilla, Christopher Smith of Atlanta and Christi Anne Clark of Tampa, FL; great-grandson, Benjamin McQueen of Ocilla; sister, Dorothy Smith of Atlanta; brothers, Hubert Tucker of Moultrie and Jerry Tucker of San Antonio, TX as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Grover Smith, Jr.
Memorials may be made to the Ocilla United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 61, Ocilla, GA 31774 or to the Ocilla Cemetery Fund c/o Betty Joyce Walters, 251 Evergreen Dr., Ocilla, GA 31774.