The funeral service for Martha Dean “Deanie” Smith will be 2 p.m., Monday, March 20, at Riverwood Family with burial in Heucks Retreat Cemetery. Visitation is from Noon until the time of the service at Riverwood.
Mrs. Smith, 65, of Brookhaven, died March 16, 2023, at Diversicare in Brookhaven. She was born June 12, 1957, in Port Arthur, TX, to Earl Dean Sawyer and Martha Womble. Mrs. Martha worked for many years at Easthaven Daycare. She would spend her free time assembling jigsaw puzzles and keeping her eyes open to find new treasures to add to her “pig” collection. Her most favorite thing to do was spend time with her grandkids. Mrs. Martha was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was a caring and compassionate wife, mother and grandmother, and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, James W. Smith III and her mother.
Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Wade Smith (Misty); daughter, T.C. Bowlin (Jeff); three brothers, Doug, Tommy, and Robbie and three sisters, Patricia, Susan, and Renea; five grandchildren, Kayleigh Smith, Khloe Smith, Christian Thomas, Danielle Thomas, and Tyler Thomas; and by four great grandchildren, Zayden, Sophie, Dustin, Jr., and A.J.
If you would like, you may make donations in Mrs. Martha’s memory, to BARL, PO Box 3477, Brookhaven, MS 39603
