MRS. ELESE PARKER SMITH

Mrs. Elese Parker Smith age 92 of Thomaston GA, passed away Tuesday September 8, 2020 at Riverside Health and Rehab.

Mrs. Smith was born on October 15, 1927 in Pickens County, GA, to the late William Edgar Parker and the late Ethel Estell Moss Parker.  She retired from the William Carter Company after 40 years, then went on to work at the Senior Citizen Center in Franklin, GA and retired after 6 years.  She is of the Baptist Faith.  She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred Allen Smith Sr. and son, Fred Allen Smith Jr.

Survivors include her brothers, Danny O.(Nettie) Parker of Forsyth, Earnest Waymon (Jill) Parker of Washington, sisters, Beverly (Ben Sr.) Cochran of Thomaston, Frances Coulter of Lafayette, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held on Friday, September 11, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. from the Forsyth City Cemetery.  The family will receive friend on Thursday, September 10, 2020 from 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. at Coggins Funeral Home