Mr. "Smitty" Smith

Elbert Auvergne "Smitty" Smith, 86, passed away, on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at his home, in West Point. He was born April 24, 1927 in Mantee, Mississippi to the late Jessie Etoil Murrah Smith and Perry Elbert Smith. He was retired from Babcock & Wilcox having worked in Maintenance and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Elbert Auvergne Smith married Helen May Towery Smith on June 14, 1947, in West Point. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2013; 3:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Roy Myers officiating assisted by Dr. James Towery. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include wife Helen Towery Smith of West Point; one son, Charles Elbert Smith (Pam) of Pinckney, Michigan; one sister, Kathryne Moore of West Point. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Jessie Harmon Smith and two Sisters Stella Elizabeth Smith and Betty Smith Pallbearers will be George Pearson, Carl Shirley, Larry Moore, Dr. Robert Young, Herb Ingram, Ken Wilbourne and Rob Wilbourne. Honorary Pallbearers will be Members of the Big Buck Hunting Club, the Silver Thin Hair Sunday School Class, and his former co-workers at Babcock & Wilcox. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284 or the donor's choice. Visitation will be Saturday, 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.