WILLIE J. SMITH


LOUISBURG – Willie Junior Smith, 80, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Aileen Smith of the home; four sons, Willie Lee Smith; Bobby Smith of Raleigh, and James Smith and Freddie Smith, both of Louisburg; four stepsons, William Robinson and Carlton Robinson, both of Augusta, Ga., Ricky Robinson of Henderson and Michael Robinson of Louisburg; three stepdaughters, Sheila Jones of Ackworth, Ga., Michelene Edwards of Wake Forest and Dorothy Crews of Louisburg; four sisters, Elizabeth Wright, Magdalene Perry, Mary Perry and Annie Laura Willis, all of Louisburg; two brothers, Zollie Smith and Otis Smith, both of Louisburg; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Open visitation will be held today (Saturday, Nov. 17) from 3-8 p.m. at the Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.