Richard Lee Smith

Funeral Services will be at 7:00 p.m. Monday-August 15, 2011 at Collier-Butler Chapel for Richard Lee Smith, 63, Southside who passed away Friday-August 12, 2011. Rev. Walter Thweatt, Rev. Blake Mayo and John Croyle will officiate with Eulogy given by his daughter, Jill Smith. Graveside Service will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Forrest Cemetery. Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services Directing. Rick, and lovingly remembered as “Ricky” also, gave every second of his entire life to others and never asked for anything in return. He was a wonderful father to his two daughters, Summer and Jill, and was the whole world to his wife, Sylvia, and they were very best friends. Rick touched the lives of everyone he met with his kindness and compassion, and each person cherished any time they spent with him. Sylvia and Rick were lovingly married for 34 years and they devoted their entire lives to each other and their two girls. Rick was the best and most loyal family man we knew, as nothing and no one could take him away from his family but God. As a Christian, Rick loved the Lord and enjoyed worshiping with his Sunday School Class at Meadowbrook Baptist Church. Rick was a simple man with a big heart and he enjoyed the simple things in life. He loved to fish and if Rick wasn’t fishing, then he was doing something for someone else who needed help, or he was boating or traveling with his family. There is no doubt that he’s with the Lord and looking over us still. Rick will be terribly missed and always in our hearts and memories. He has a solid place in our hearts that will never be replaced. Thank you, Ricky, for the countless acts of service that you did for us and so many, and for the love you brought to our lives. He was preceded in death by his ; Mother, Ruth L. Smith, Father John O. (Wild Bill) Smith, Grandmother, Flora (Flossie) Lee, Grandfather Hubert Lee, Grandmother Smith and John Smith. Survived by: Wife and best friend, Sylvia Smith, Daughters: Summer Smith and Jill Smith (future son-in-law Dr. Warren B. Seiler III), Sister: Teresa Croyle and husband John Croyle and their children Regan Phillips and husband John David Phillips (children: Cade, Will, and Gibbs) Brodie Croyle and wife Kelli Croyle (son, Sawyer), Sister-in-law: Estra Reynolds and Craig Reynolds and their children Sunny Mabrey, Hayley Burns and her husband Chuck Burns (daughter, Charley), Jackson and Katie Reynolds (daughter, Claire). Special thanks to his life-long friends: Jackie and Theresa Guttry and family, David and Peggy Hayes, Bobby and Ann Sims, cousin and best friend, Ronald Cox and wife Becky, and all the many friends who touched his life in a very special way. Pall bearers: Ronald Cox, John Croyle, Craig Reynolds, Dr. Warren B. Seiler III, Brodie Croyle, John David Phillips, Jackie Guttry and David Hayes. Honorary Pall bearers: Family, Friends from Meadowbrook Baptist Cornerstone Sunday School Class, friends at Gold’s Gym, First Friday Friends, neighbors and all the many special friends who passed his way in life. Flowers will be accepted, or donations made to your favorite organization that gives to others, as Ricky did. The family will receive friends Monday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.