Robert Lee Smith, age 85, died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at his home in Water Valley, MS. He was born in Memphis, TN to the late Robert Lee Smith, Sr. and Jessie Lee Sandidge Smith. He was a steel and iron worker in Memphis, TN and also worked for Lyles Gas Company. Mr. Smith was a mason and a member of the VFW of Water Valley, MS.
The visitation will be on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 5 PM until 7 PM at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. The Funeral Service will be held in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks at 2 PM on Saturday, July 31, 2010 with Bro. Sam Gossett officiating. Burial will take place in the Mt. Liberty Cemetery in Calhoun County, MS.
Mr. Smith is survived by two daughters, Barbara Smith Palmertree of Lafayette County, MS and Brenda Faye Gossett of Oxford, MS; one son, Larry Lee Smith of Lafayette County, MS; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lila Faye Simpson Smith; one son, Robert Garry Smith; two sisters and two brothers.