Services for Fred H. Smith, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Tuesday,April 18, at St. James M.B. Church in Brookhaven with burial inCarver Heights Cemetery. R.E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is today from noon to 7 p.m. at the funeral home,with family present from 6 to 7 p.m.

Mr. Smith, 89, died April 13, 2006, at his residence. He wasborn on Oct. 31, 1916, to Homer Smith and Estella Short Smith.

He was a retired butcher, having worked at Panzica Market inBrookhaven. He was a member of St. James M.B. Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his wife, Thelma”Honey” Smith.

Survivors are his son, Eddie Howard Smith, of Chicago, Ill.; hisdaughters, Helen Ruth Ramsey, of Brookhaven, Gloria Jean Smith, ofChicago, Freddie Marie Knight, of Dallas, Texas, Stella LouiseHawkins, of Brookhaven; his brothers, Paul Smith, of Inglewood,Calif., and Olian Smith, of Los Angeles, Calif.; his sisters,Dorothy Smith, Naomi Brown and Mildred Allen, all of Brookhaven,and Audrey Knox, of New Orleans, La.; his nine grandchildren and 14great-grandchildren.