Christine Ailene Smith

Mrs. Christine Ailene Smith, age 79, of Lake City, Fla. died Tuesday, April 5, in the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Fla. following an extended illness. She was a native of Talking Rock, Georgia and had resided in Ocala, Fla. for 20 years before moving to Lake City, Fla. 14 years ago. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed bowling and playing bingo with her friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jeffery Blalock and Mary Lizzie Patterson Blalock, her late husband, Minor Lee Roy Smith, Sr., and her two daughters, Judy Raulerson and Betty Lee Hartley. She is survived by four daughters, Mary Thomas of Lake City, Fla., Martha Scroogs of Fairmount, Ga., Brenda (Luis) Lora of Kennesaw, Ga. and Susan (Nathan) Conn of Hiram, Ga.: Three sons, Richard Smith, of Ocala, Fla., Minor Lee Roy Smith, Jr. and his wife Cathleen and Roy Daniel Smith all of Acworth, Ga.: One sister, Bonita Williams of Lithia Springs, Ga.: 27 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 A.M., Friday, April 8, in yhe Chapel of Guerry Funeral Home with Rev. Melanie Fierbaugh, Pastor of Bethel United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery, Lake City, Fla. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 A.M., Friday (one hour before services) at GUERRY FUNERAL HOME, 2659 S.W. Main Blvd., Lake City, Fla. www.guerryfuneralhome.net

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