Dee Smith

Funeral services for Essie Dee Smith, 79, of Cookeville will be held at 1 pm Tuesday, October 9th, at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Hutchinson officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 5 "� 8 pm and again Tuesday from 11 am until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Smith died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at NHC of Cookeville. She was born January 23, 1933 in Putnam County, TN to the late Charles Bassel Holloway and Vallie LaDonna Mayberry Holloway. Mrs. Smith was member of Cookeville First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and devoted to her grandchildren. She loved to read and tend her flower garden. She also was an avid bowler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Earl and Bobby Holloway; and sister, Lavada Kailen. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Ralph Smith (whom she married March 13, 1950 in Cookeville); son and daughter-in-law, Phillip and Sherry Smith of Cookeville; two daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Charles Nivens of Cookeville, Sarah and Bill Doyle of Chattanooga, TN; brother, Charles Holloway of Cookeville; sister, Pearl Wheeler of Cookeville; seven grandchildren, Mollie Tuch (Mike), Ashley Chadwell (Lee), Josh Williams (Caris), Jon Williams, Heather Naaktgeboren (Chris), Brandon Burgess (Amber), and Brad Doyle (Anna); and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Brandon Burgess, Chris Naaktgeboren, Brad Doyle, Chuck Nivens, Bill Doyle, and Lee Chadwell. Memorial contributions can be made to Alzeimers Tennessee, 1459 Interstate Drive Suite 211, Cookeville, TN 38501.