Wilcy Mae Smith

Wilcy Mae Mathes Smith, 88, of 270 Beaverdam Loop Road, Candler, died Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at her home. Mrs. Smith was born in Haywood County and was a daughter of the late Riley and Hester Davis Mathes. She was married to the late Frank G. Smith who died in 1996 and was also preceded in death by three sisters, Louise Garnes, Mary Shipman and Hester Heatherly and by three brothers, Roy, Richard and Dan Mathes. She was a charter member of Beaverdam Freewill Baptist Church where she was a former treasurer and choir member and active in the church auxillary. Surviving are three daughters, Muriel Brown and her late husband Albert of Hendersonville, Nancy Cole and her husband James of Leicester, and Frankie Davis and her husband Clyde of Arden; two sisters, Rosa Gibson of Albertville, AL and Ruth Smith of Candler; ten grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday at Beaverdam Free Will Baptist Church with the Revs. Tommy Crowe and Larry Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery where her great grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Her family will receive friends from 7:00-8:30 pm Thursday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and would like to thank Visiting Health Professionals, Loftis Oxygen Company and Dr. Robert Pozner and his staff for all their care and kindness.