Charles Smith
Posted: December 3, 2009
Charles Smith, 51, died Nov. 24, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Services are Friday at 1 p.m. at Christ Divine Apostolic Church with Pastor Easter Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Visitation is today from 12-6 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Minster Smith was born Jan. 29, 1958, in St. Louis, Mo., Vernon Smith and the late Aline Smith. He worked for Sanderson Plumbing, Robinson Janitorial and Hydrovac. He was also a self employed carpenter for more than 25 years and he was a member of Divine Destiney Apostolic Church. He was preceded in death by his mother. In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Patricia Smith, of Columbus; children, Tammy Cooper, of Marietta, Ga., Terrance Smith, Tevairra Smith, Tecumseh Smith, Jernice Conner, Roxanne White, Stephanie Roddy and Antonie Roddy, all of St. Louis; stepchildren, Freddie Hendricks and Erika McKinstry, both of Columbus; sisters, Delories and Patricia Smith, both of St. Louis, Ellenore Smith, of San Diego, Antoinette Smith, of South Carolina, and Gwen Young Ware, of Atlanta; brother, George Smith, of St. Louis; and 20 grandchildren. Pallbearers are Thomas Robertson, William Staples, Tommy Kidd, Allen McKinstry, Freddie Washington and Minister Gabriel Poe.