Mrs. Smith passed away early Tuesday morning at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
The widow of Denver Smith, who died June 24, 2010 after 57 years of marriage, she retired after almost 30 years of employment with Western Mental Health Institute, where she was a pharmacy technician. Mrs. Smith was born January 27, 1930 in McNairy County to the late Dee Ferguson and Lavounia McNeil Ferguson and lived in Hardeman County since 1950. She was a member of Parrans Chapel Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Denny Ray Smith of Camden; four sisters, Nadine Russom of Hornsby, Sylvia Ingle of Bethel Springs, June Cox of Hornsby and Annette McDaniel of Bethel Springs; four brothers, Prentice, Lonnie and Roger Ferguson, all of Bethel Springs, Harmon Ferguson of Hornsby; three grandchildren, Lauren Lupien of Jackson and Hannah and Ellyn Smith, both of Birmingham, AL; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Ralph and Quention Ferguson.