Ms. Carolyn Louise Smith, 60, died Monday evening August 22, 2016 at the Merit Health Hospital in Biloxi.  Services for Ms. Smith were held on Saturday August 27, 2016 at the Mt. Olive C.M.E. Church

where Rev. Clementine Echols is the Pastor, with Rev. Jessie Holloway of Outreach Fellowship Revival Center officiating.  Interment was in the Walter Springs Cemetery, with Laird Mortuary in charge of all arangements.

Ms. Smith was the youngest of five children born to the late L. S. Sands and the late Elouise Smith Holloway of Prentiss.  At an early age, she joined the Mt. Olive Church and remained a member until

she move to Biloxi, where she united with the Temple Baptist Church.  Ms. Smith attended her home Church (Mt. Olive) whenever she was in Prentiss.

Ms. Smith was educated in the Jefferson Davis County School System, and worked a number of jobs including Covington Needle works, Prentiss Complex and Food Giant.  However her greatest and

most sincere labor was in loving her family.

Ms. Smith’s survivors include her five children, Albert E. (Ashley) Smith of Columbia, Lakeshia Smith Christopher Smith, both of Gulfport, Dennis Smith and Jamie Smith, both of Handford, CA; two sisters Patricia Poole, and Eva Sands, both of Prentiss; two grandchildren; and a number of other releatives and friends.