Evelyn Smith

Evelyn Pickens Smith departed this life Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at the age of 89 years, 1 month and 3 days.

She was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Savannah, Tenn., the daughter of the late Samuel and Dee Henson Pickens.

On July 13, 1963, she was united in marriage to Richard Martin Smith, who preceded her in death April 6, 2004.

Mrs. Smith had also lived in Jackson, Tenn., Cape Girardeau, Oswego, Ill., Aurora, Ill., and Monterey, Tenn. She had worked for Western Electric, International Shoes, Milan Arsenal and Bemis Cotton Mill. Mrs. Smith was a simple yet elegant woman who enjoyed gardening, Southern cooking, sewing and enjoying every moment she had with her loving family.

Mrs. Smith is survived by three daughters, Cynthia Marie Pickens Simmons of Eustis, Fla., Brenda Diane Pickens Borneman of Aurora and Janet Louise Smith Bush of Murphysboro, Tenn.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Elvin "Jake" and James Pickens; three sisters, Edith "Betty" Tolbert, Lucille "Cindy" Williams and Johnnie Ruth Webb.

Services will be at 4:30 p.m. today at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah, with Baker Bush officiating. Burial will follow in the Wilkerson Cemetery at Hardin County, Tenn.