Aubrey Smith

Mr. Aubrey D. Smith, 87, of the Clayton community, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eric Burress officiating. Burial will follow in Fremont Cemetery, near Union City.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Bob Reavis, Steve Sedberry, Jerry Grady, Hubert Smith, Billy Craddock and Tim Revell.
He was born July 11, 1930, in the Clayton community, son of the late D.C. and Faye Re (Lesile) Smith.
He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War, where he was a combat medic. He trained at Fort Dix, N.J. He worked at Silver Town Cabana Company in California for several years before returning to Tennessee and becoming a farmer. He was a bus driver for the Obion County School System in the ’60s. He enjoyed fishing and guiding on Reelfoot Lake.
He was a member of Reelfoot Baptist Church near Union City. He was a founding member of Walnut Log Baptist Church in the late ’60s, where he served as a deacon, song leader and church bus driver.
He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Regina and Steve Sedberry of Union City and Letha and Bob Reavis of Hornbeak; four grandchildren and their spouses, Reena and Chris Shelton, Robert and Bobbi Reavis, Stephanie and Chris Virgin and Selena and Tyler Barker, all of Union City; and eight great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Hoskins; and two brothers, Alton B. Smith and Willie E.C. Smith.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 11.20.17