Addie Merle Smith

Mrs. Addie Merle Smith of Slocomb went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 76.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on  Friday, March 20 at the First Baptist Church of Slocomb with Rev. Brad Price and Rev. Bill Trawick officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory of Slocomb directing.

The family will receive friends at the church on Friday beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until service time.

Mrs. Smith was born December 24, 1938 in Geneva County to the late Doug and Annie Lee Trawick Clark. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Slocomb and the T.E.L Sunday School Class.  Her greatest joys in life were spending time with her family and friends, working in her yard and caring for others.

In addition to her parents, one brother, Irby Doyle Clark preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Edsel Smith; daughter, Debbie Jones and her husband Sammy; grandson, Lee Jones and his wife Amanda; two great grandchildren: Hatcher and Hannah Kate Jones all of Slocomb; brother, James Earl Clark  and his wife Hazel of Lynn Haven, FL; sister, Sarah Helms of Dothan; brothers and sisters-in-law:  J.S. and Grace Enfinger of Slocomb and Jimmy and Nellie Slaughter of Dothan;  many special nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family would like to thank the staff of Gentiva Home Health & Hospice along with  her caregivers: Joe Shipes, Martha Enfinger and Lisa Nelson for their care and support during her illness.