Services for Michael Larry Smith, of Jayess, are 2 p.m. Tuesday,Jan. 29, at Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church on Highway 84 East,Brookhaven, with burial in Powell’s Grove Cemetery. Hartman-HughesFuneral Home in Tylertown is in charge of arrangements. The Revs.Steven Williams and Randall Garcia will officiate.

Visitation is Monday from 6 until 9 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Smith, 42, died Jan. 26, 2008, following a battle withMuscular Dystrophy. He was born April 22, 1965, in Tylertown. He isthe son of the late Larry Smith and Barbara Ann Freeman Hill, ofFranklinton, La.

He had worked in the insurance; trucking; telemarketing/sales;and finance industries before his illness. He was a member ofBethel Temple Pentecostal Church.

Preceding him in death were his father; his grandparents, Percyand Johnnie Mae Smith; Alvie and Odie Freeman; an uncle, GlenSmith; an aunt, Helen Smith Dillon; and a nephew, NathanJohnson.

He is survived by his mother; his wife, Shelia Lee Smith, ofJayess; a son, Michael Ray Smith, of Jayess; a daughter, WhitneySmith, of Jayess; two brothers, Mark and Matthew Smith, both ofBogalusa, La.; a sister, Melissa Desmond, of Mandeville, La.;nieces and nephews; his parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lee, ofJayess; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family,friends and church family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Bethel TempleUPC Building Fund; Community (Horizon) Hospice of McComb, Miss.; orthe Muscular Dystrophy Association of Tucson, Ariz.