There will be an 11:00 am graveside service, Friday, July 9, 2021,

Terrys Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Magnolia Mississippi.

A resident of central. Gerald L. Smith passed away July 6, 2021, at the age of 79.

Gerald is survived by his loving wife, Sandra; two daughters, Shanna Landry (Marc) and D’Shay Bourgeois and fiancé (Phillip Kidd)

and one step-daughter, Joni Albertini (Oscar). He is also survived by six grandchildren, Morgan Spencer, Miranda Gendron (Bryan),

Kristen Bourgeois, Todd Bourgeois (Mallory), Heath Myatt (Jana), and Amy Palmisano (Chris); and eight great-grandchildren, Eleanor Gendron,

Mackie Gendran, Samuel Gendron, Vera Spencer, Ross Spencer, Zoeigh Bourgeois, Hollin Myatt and Cambrie Myatt.

Gerald was a native of Mississippi and retired from CN Railroad. He would always proudly tell everyone he was from

“William Switch” Mississippi. He loved his family and enjoyed gospel music. He will be missed by all that loved and knew him.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Boyce and Lois Smith; brother, Paul Smith, and son, Anthony Todd Smith and his first wife, Dorothy Cutrer Smith.