John Byron Smith

Funeral services for, John Byron Smith, age 79 of Murrayville will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday April 27, 2011 in Strickland Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Wahoo Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday April 26,2011 at the funeral home. The Rev. Dean Bryant will officiate. Mr. Smith died April 24,2011 at a private nursing home after an extended illness. Mr. Smith was a member of shoal Creek Baptist Church, he was retired from the nursery business and was a navy veteran. He is survived by his wife, Edith Thomas Smith of Murrayville, his daughter, Debbie Dover of Murrayville, his sons, Rickey Anderson of Clermont and Richard Smith of Chattanooga, Ten. seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Strickland Funeral Home, Clermont