Eddie Maebell Smith

Eddie Mae Bell Smith, age 86 of Morganton, GA, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Kennestone Hospital. Mae Bell was born Friday, December 30, 1921 to the late John Edmond Elrod and the late Bertha Gerdie Walden Elrod. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, enjoyed gardening, her flowers, and feeding the birds. She was preceded in death by children Robert Greene and Linda Marie Smith.

Survivors include: husband, Freed Smith, son, Roy Raymond Smith of Walaska, Ga., daughter, Betty Lou Holloway of Jasper, Ga., daughter, Bertha Jean Smith Dobbs of Canton, Ga., daughter, Joyce Ann Smith Bryant of Canton, Ga., son, Freed "J.R." Smith, Jr. of Canton, Ga., daughter, Dorothy Griffith of Canton, Ga., daughter, Margaret Dorine Johnson of Ballground, Ga., son, James Walter Smith of Rosewell, Ga., son, Freddie Edward Smith of Canton, Ga., sister, Alma Holburt of Canton, Ga., sister, Marie Marco of Canton, Ga., sister, Arlene Patterson of Kennesaw, Ga., sister, Christine Paris of Canton, Ga., twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren, three great great granchildren, and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 pm from the Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Grady Ray, Rev. Doyle Davis and Rev. Trammel Rhodes officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Dwight Smith, Lynn Smith, Tim Holloway, Robert Bryant, Rodney Bryant, Bryan Smith, Daniel Smith, Michael Griffith, Phillip Johnson, Shane Johnson and Derek Smith.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday and Saturday evening from 6-9 pm.

Arrangments have been entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.