Funeral services were held for Louie Gene Smith of Prentiss who passed away Dec. 25, 2017. Services were held Dec. 29, 2017, at Saulters Moore Funeral Home. Interment was in the Greens Creek Cemetery.

Louie Gene Smith was born on April 10, 1950, in Jefferson Davis County to Clyde and Bertie Smith.

He was retired from the heating and air business and was an Air Force veteran.

Pallbearers were Tony Bass, Brad Dunaway, Johnny Smith, Johnny Prine, Scott Dehart, Brandon Grubbs and Sterling Tanner. Honorable pallbearers were Steve Upton and Reggie Myers.

He is preceded in death by his wife Janice Smith, nine brothers and sisters, his mother Bertie Smith and his father Clyde Smith.

He is survived by his two sons, Jamie (Sondra) Smith of Columbia and Damon (Dana) Smith of Prentiss, one daughter Crystal Smith of Prentiss, one brother Schilean (Barbara) Smith of Columbia and one sister Bertie (Charles) Zipfel of Grayslake, Illinois;13 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.