08/10/1935 – 07/04/2017
New Zion
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be 11 AM Friday, July 7, 2017, in the chapel of Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree, with burial in Salters Methodist Church Cemetery.
Visitation
Mr. Smith’s family will receive friends 6 to 8 PM Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials
Memorials may be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105..
Reynolds James Smith, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in an automobile accident near Kingstree.
Mr. Smith was born August 10, 1935, in Cades, SC, a son of the late Herbert Bejamin Smith and Eulee Kirby Smith. He was educated in Williamsburg County schools, was a veteran of the US Air Force, and retired after 32 years at Milliken in Kingstree. He was a member of Salters Assembly of God Church.
Surviving Mr. Smith are: a daughter, Donna Powell, of Lake City; 4 sons, Roderick James “Ricky” Smith of Ridgeville, Marvin Eugene (Denise) Smith of Kingstree, Eric Jerome (Tonya) Smith of Turbeville, Greg (Brittany) Smith of New Zion; his former wife of 33 years and mother of his children, Sue Smith; 2 brothers, H.B. (Nora) Smith of Kingstree, Arial (Cheryl) Smith of Indiana, 6 sisters, Catherine Duke, of Timmonsville, Nita Mae (Burnette) Yarborough of New Zion, Dell Prosser, Linda Williamson, and Janie Knight, of Kingstree; and Brooks Jackson of Indiana; 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Smith was preceded in death by a brother, Danny Smith and a sister, Rounette Belue.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Friday, July 7, 2017, in the chapel of Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree, with burial in Salters Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Smith’s family will receive friends 6 to 8 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Sorry to hear about the passing of Reynolds… we lived beside Reynolds and Sue for many years growing up in Salters…. I’m praying for all of you… (Little) Ricky…Marvin… Donna… Eric….and Sue…. and to the rest of his family…
My thoughts and prayers are with the Smith family. I’m so sorry for your loss! Praying that God will comfort each of you and give you his peace that passes all understandng.i
So sorry for your family. He was my supervisor at miliken for many years..very good person to talk with even when he was not my boss. Everybody seemed to get along with. He had a walk that I will always remember.
Donna, Ricky, Marvin, And Mr. H.B., and the entire Smith Family, Sending Our Most Sincere And Deepest Condolences from The Love Family. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
As Marlo has said above , we lived beside Reynolds and Mrs. Sue for many years in Salters. I was sadden to learn of his passing and will be praying for all of his family. To Marvin,Donna,Eric,Ricky and Mrs. Sue I pray that God will wrap his arms around each one of you and comfort you during this difficult time .
To the family of Reynolds As a child we were raised up in the Salters community. We visited with the Smith family and all the children. Our thoughts and prayers are with Reynold’s family. May God bless and keep all of you. James Edward and Linda Yarborough Scott (Burnett’s sister)
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. I thought alot of Mr Reynolds.
So sorry for your families loss.
So sorry for your loss! May God give you peace and carry you in his arms. Reach out to him for his everlasting comfort and love. With love , Linda
Gregg, I’m so sorry for the loss of your dad! He was a kind and caring man who loved his family deeply!! He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him!! His memory will live forever Gregg! My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family!! Love you!
We are so sad to hear this news and we offer our deepest condolences.
While words fail to capture the pain of losing MR. REYNOLDS, we look forward to the time when words will fail to capture the JOY of having our Heavenly Father, “Swallow up death forever” Isaiah 25:8. May the SMITH’S FAMILY find comfort in knowing that your dear love one is safe in the memory of God. who has the will to remember every detail about MR. REYNOLDS J. SMITH. May our Heavenly Father sustain you at this time of such great loss