Mrs. Sylvia Dunnahoo Smith

Mrs. Sylvia Dunnahoo Smith, 81, of Thomaston, died Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Dr. Rex King officiating. Burial will follow in the Wesley Church Cemetery in Taylor County. The family of Mrs. Smith will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5:00 until 7:00 PM. Mrs. Smith was born in The Rock on April 1, 1937, a daughter of the late George Thomas and Rosa Bell Callahan Dunnahoo. She was a 1955 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute and was formerly employed as a secretary for Special Service Freight Company. Mrs. Smith was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and served as treasurer for the VFW Club in Thomaston. Mrs. Smith is survived by a daughter, Alethia Burleson and a son, Mark Smith, both of Thomaston; a sister, Linda Parrott of Griffin; three granddaughters, Alana Burleson of Forsyth, and Amanda Smith and Jessica Smith, both of Thomaston; four grandsons, James Cape and Patrick McKenzie, both of Thomaston, Andrew Smith of Orlando, FL, and Brian Smith of Eugene, OR; and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gorman Jimmy Smith and a son, Gorman Michael Smith. Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com