Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM at Jones Funeral Home 715 Sixth Street Morgan City, Louisiana. Burial will follow in the Ibert's Cemetery in Patterson, Louisiana.
Mr. Smith was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in the Korean War.
He is survived by his son, Mark A. Smith of Patterson, Louisiana; six daughters, Bobbie M. Ruffin, Faith M. Smith, Rosalind Williams, Elda (Ronald Wayne) Johnson, all of Patterson, Louisiana, Jacqueline (Desire) Wilson of Houma, Louisiana, and Tina (Calvin) Williams of Norfolk, Virginia; a brother, Arthur Smith of Morgan City, Louisiana; and one sister, Shirley May of Patterson, Louisiana; twenty two grandchildren, twenty four great grand children, and one great great granddaughter.
Hilliard was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Mae Smith; his parents, Hilliard Smith, Sr. and Beatrice Carrier Smith; two daughters, Rose Marie Smith and Sandra Smith; and four sons, Dale Smith, Johnny Walker, Melvin Walker, and Hilliard Smith, III; two brothers, Alfred Smith and Huey Smith; three sisters, Sarah Ann Augman, Delores Bartley, and Mary Louise Smith.