Vernell Smith Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on April 27, 2023, at the age of 93, Vernell Smith (Lynchburg, Virginia) passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Vernell Smith to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Robert E. Ballard and Mamie Higginbotham Ballard of Amherst, Virginia.; and her siblings, Woody, Richard, Chester, Neven, Warren Ballard, Essie Sellers, Flossie Rucker, Dorothy Lee, Ophelia "Sally" Bell, Ellen Henley, Thelma Sylvester, Oney Turner Porter and Lucille Blair.
She is survived by: her son Donald Edward; her husband Fred Smith; her stepdaughters, Patricia Lee (Clinton) and Freda Clark (Donald); her goddaughter Kathy Rucker Shepherd; and her brothers-in-law, James and Harold Smith. She is also survived by four step-grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
