It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Lou Verdie Smith of Lafayette, Louisiana, born in Leonville, Louisiana, who passed away at the age of 78, on March 7, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Anthony Williams and Regina Stelly Williams; her brothers, Oscar Williams and Jimmy Williams (Lou Anna); and her siblings-in-law, Charles Smith, Sr., Isabelle Broussard (Horace), Elvina Edwards (Herman) and Anna Belle Journet (Harold).

She is survived by : her husband Joseph Ashton Smith, Jr.; her children, Joseph Ashton Smith, III (Jacqueline), Cathy Marie St. Julien (Joseph), Jacqueline Leblanc (Joseph) and Mona Kately (Raymond); her grandchildren, Krystal St. Julien (Alex Lovejoy), Brittany St. Julien (Gerardo Ouiroze), Delilia Martin (Jeffery), Joshua Joseph LeBlanc, Joseph Wade LeBlanc, III, Brooke Reneé Smith, Joseph Ashton Smith IV, Yasmin Nicole Alexander, Jazlyn Briana Alexander and Jonah Williams; her great grandchildren, Jaelin Kamari Martin, Ethan Christopher Martin, Bennu Solares Caspien Williams, Grace Ruth Rasul and Markel Rasul; her brother Jewell Williams (Dora); and her siblings-in-law, Samuel Smith, Sr. (Theresa), Ella Jane Jolivette (Gerald), Jean Smith and Gloria Ann Williams.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Melancon Funeral Home Inc