Vera Smith, 73, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Sunday, September 27, 2009, at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will held 2 PM Tuesday, September 29, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Jeff Barker officiating. Jim Puckett will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rebecca, GA. The family will receive friends Monday from 7-9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Smith was born October 15, 1935 to the late Jim S. and Vera Meaker McDonald. A 1953 graduate of Fitzgerald High School, she was a member of the basketball team. Mrs. Smith was the retired owner and operator of D and S Grocery, Fitzgerald Termite and Pest Control, and TOPPS Pest Control in Smyrna, GA. She was a former employee of Terminix. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Fitzgerald Optimist Club and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Rebecca, GA.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Raymond L. Smith of Fitzgerald; Daughter Joyce (Doug) Motes of Fitzgerald; son, Danny Smith of Valdosta, GA; 3 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren; Sisters, Carolyn (John) Chambers, Estelle (Buck) Stapleton, all of Fitzgerald and Mutt (Carl) Sumner of Lumber City, GA. She was preceded in death by 3 brothers.