Sue Smith, 71, of Evarts, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, February, 24, 2013, at her daughter’s home following a short illness. Born June 30, 1941 in Maynardville, Tennessee, she had lived here most of her life. She was a homemaker and believed in the Pentecostal faith.

Sue was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Edward Smith, Jr.; her mother, Johnnie Collins Spurlock; her father, Lige King; two sisters, Linda Caroll and Betty Ailor; three brothers, Leo Coppock, Douglas King and Jimmy King; and a special brother-in-law, William Hooks.

Survivors include two daughters, Lisa Eldridge and husband, Ben, Closplint; Sherry Perry and husband, Junior, Bailey’s Creek; three sisters, Lois Perry and husband, Tommy; Barbara Hooks; Martha Suffridge and husband, Glenn, all of Tennessee; and four brothers, Lonnie King and wife, Mona, Evarts; Peter King, Louisville; Daryll Pendergrass, TN; and Theo Coppock and wife, Linda, TN. Also surviving are a host of nieces and nephews, including two special nieces, Barbara Skidmore and Treisa Daniels; three special children in her life, Isaac Dean, Samantha Skidmore and Marissa Lee; and special friends, Bertha Bailey, Melissa Dean and Jimmy Dean.

Visitation will be held Tuesday and Wednesday from 5 until 8 pm at the Evarts Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 12 noon in the Chapel of the Evarts Funeral Home with the Reverends Stanley Blevins, Jimmy Dean and Buddy Simpson officiating.

Burial will follow in the Howard Cemetery at Red Bud. Pallbearers will be Keith Skidmore, Edward Wynn, Sillis Thompson, Doug Lamb, J.C. Setser and Tom Roark.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.harlanobits.net.

Evarts Funeral Home is in charge of her arrangements.