Mathlee Smith

Published 1:14 pm Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 12, 2025, at New Zion M. B. Church in Oakvale, for Mr. Mathlee Smith, 75, of Oakvale, who passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.

Rev. John Johnson officiated with interment following in the church cemetery.

Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

He is the son of the late L. B. and Almedia Moore Smith.

He was a member of New Zion M. B. Church, Oakvale, Mississippi.

Mr. Smith retired from Joe Miles Lumber Company.

He was a Deacon and Mason –Lodge: the Most Worship King Hiram Grand Lodge – Lodge #: 215. Mr. Smith enjoyed gardening and mechanic work.

He is survived by his sons, Lamarcus Smith of Oakvale; Cornelius Smith of Houston, Texas; Sheridan Smith of Oakvale; Ronald Clark of Columbia; daughters,  Terri Blakely of Oakvale; Rhonda Smith of Hattiesburg; Amanda Robinson of Hattiesburg; brother, Clester Smith of Oakvale; sisters, Darlene Jefferson of Brookfield, Ohio; Minnie Joyce Mariner of Oakvale; 10 grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.