Maggie Boswell Smith was born on March 7, 1921 in Rossville, Tennessee to the late Milton Boswell and Flossie Torrance Boswell. Her parents passed when she was a young child and she was raised by her father’s sister, Mae Willie Waller and her husband, Herbert Waller. She grew up in the same household with two Memphis pastors, the late Rev. Eugene Waller and Rev. Cell Waller.
She attended Mt. Zion School and Fayette County Training School. She excelled in basketball as extra-curricular activity. She enjoyed fashion and modeling and modeled in several events in the Memphis area. She was known for her great sense of humor and was an excellent cook. She worked several years through the LPN Registry and Rosewood Nursing Home.
She joined Mt. Zion Church in Rossville as a child and later joined Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church as an adult under the leadership of Pastor Blair T. Hunt. She later met and married the Late John Smith and joined him at Martin Memorial Temple CME Church where she served a Stewardess on the Stewardess Board. Lastly, she joined Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in order to worship with her family, where she served on the Mother’s Board until her health declined. She loved the Lord Jesus Christ and always set a great example for prayer and living the Christian life. She lived by the scripture, Joshua 24:15, “… choose you this day whom you will serve … but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
She is the mother of eight children, pre-deceased by a son, Julius Cain, Jr., and survived by Charles Smith, Claudette Bryant, Margaret Sharp, Gwendolyn Ware, Joan Carhee, Stanley Webster and Pamela Webster. Also, to cherish her memories, she leaves 24 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. She leaves a special neighbor,
Gregory Barnes.
A visitation & wake for Maggie will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2021 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the Life Remembrance Center of Memphis Funeral Home - Poplar Chapel, 5599 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38119.
A final viewing will occur on Friday, December 31, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM and immediately followed by her funeral service & homegoing celebration at 12:00 PM, all at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church - Westwood, 620 Parkrose, Memphis, TN 38109.
A committal service will be held on Monday, January 3, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, TN 38122.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MemphisFuneralPoplar.com for the Smith family.
