Chandler Smith

Chandler Joe Smith, 15, of Samburg went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday at Black Oak Elementary School gymnasium in Hornbeak. Brother Lee McBride and Brother Eric Burress will officiate. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak.
Visitation will be held at the school from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday and from noon until the hour of services Wednesday at the school.
Pallbearers will be J.T. McClain, Paul Hayden Seals, Dustin Pollard, Gavin Simmons, Jamaad Mosley and Jonathan “Bubba” Blakley.
Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Chandler was born April 23, 2004, in Martin, son of Timbo and Amanda (Whitehead) Smith of Samburg. He was a sophomore at Obion County Central High School, where he was a member of the OC Anglers.
Chandler received Jesus Christ as his savior on May 1, 2017, and was baptized July 30, 2017, in Reelfoot Lake at his request. He was a member of Walnut Log Baptist Church and also attended Samburg Assembly of God, was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Chandler had played basketball and was on the cross country team at Black Oak Elementary School and had also played baseball.
He is also survived by one brother, Justin Matthew Smith of Samburg; his grandparents, Alisa and Rodney Reed of Tiptonville, Randy Smith of the Shawtown community and James and JoAnn Whitehead of Obion; his great-grandmothers, Dorothy Bingham of Samburg and Frankie Whitehead of the Shawtown community; one uncle, Jeremey Smith of Samburg; two aunts, Brandi Smith of the Shawtown community and Wendy Bloxom of the Clayton community; and several cousins.
He was also preceded in death by his grandmother, Vicki Reed.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 3.16.20