Carroll Smith, 65, of Ocilla, died Friday, June 6, 2008.
Funeral services will be 2 P.M., Monday, June 9 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Rev. Dan Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Lax Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Sunday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. Smith was born January 26, 1943 in Irwin County to the late Cecil D. and Elizabeth Wells Smith. He was a farmer and lived in the community all of His life. Mr. Smith served six years in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War era.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of thirty-five years, Shirley Smith of Ocilla; daughter and son-in-law, Anita & Franklin Bryant of Lax; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles & Carol Smith of Brunswick and Jack & Sara Smith of Perry; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sue & Carlton Bloodsworth of Kathleen and Linda & Gary Johnson of Douglas as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother, Clara Youghn, Carlene Day and Carlton Smith.