Dr. Edward E. Smith

Dr. Edward E. Smith, age 90 passed away peacefully and entered the presence of our Lord on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS, just three days shy of his 91st birthday.

Dr. Smith was born February 3, 1932 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Ephraim Smith of Paducah, KY and mother, Beulah Beasley Smith of Rockport, MS; sister-in-law, Adelaide Parks of Houston, TX. He is survived by wife, Margie Lancaster of Terry, MS; sister, Dorothy Smith Green (husband Curlee) of Jackson, MS; sister-in-laws, Mary Ann (Mazie) Ingram of Mobile, AL and Sarah Lancaster of Maumelle, Arkansas; nephews, Byron Green (wife Michelle) of Brandon, MS and Brandon Green (wife Lauren) of Madisonville, LA; niece, Suzanne Hidalgo (husband Steven) of Madison, MS; great nieces and nephews, Alexandra Papania (husband Nick) of Brandon, MS, William Green of Brandon, MS, Brody Green and Addie Grace Green of Madisonville, LA; numerous other relatives.

Dr. Smith graduated from Jackson Central High School in 1950. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1950, graduating with a degree in Quantitative Biology in 1954. He applied to the newly opened University Medical Center (now UMMC) in Jackson, MS in 1955 after spending the first year in Oxford, MS. He graduated from UMMC with an MD in 1959. After graduation, Dr. Smith joined the Physiology Department at UMMC and achieved the rank of Assistant Professor. In 1969, Dr. Smith decided to undertake a residency in Pathology at UMMC and obtained Board Certification in Anatomic Pathology and Neuro-Pathology. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Smith joined the faculty in the Pathology Department at UMMC and achieved the rank of Associate Professor. He married Dr. Margie Glenn Lancaster in 1991 and retired from UMMC in 1995.

A visitation for Dr. Smith will be held Friday, February 3, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Lakewood Funeral Home. Following the visitation will be a pavilion service at 2:00 PM at Lakewood Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial donations be made to the Drs. Edward E. Smith and Margie Lancaster Smith School of Medicine Scholarship Endowment at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at University of Mississippi Foundation, 406 University Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655.