Laura Ellen Smith, 79, of Killen died Thursday, July 11, 2019, at North Alabama Medical Center.
Visitation will be Sunday, July 14, 2019, 1-3 PM at Elkins East Chapel.  Funeral services will follow at 3 PM in the chapel with Bro. Stan Dean officiating.  
Burial will be at Phillip's Chapel Cemetery in Waynesboro, Tennessee.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her loving husband of 26 years, Dick F. Smith, children, Sena Lynn McWilliams Litzenberg,
Terri Sue Crittenden (Johnny), John Gregory McWilliams, Amy Lee Vargas (Francisco), Cathy Lynn Reathford (Anthony Shawn),
and Michael G. Smith; grandchildren, Eric Taylor Blinn, Olivia Kaye Lewis, Jessie Wayne Green, Anna Green Borden, Andrew Francisco Vargas,
Nicholas Taylor Vargas, and Tristen Brock Reathford; great-grandchildren, Jackson and Riley LePage Lewis and Rhett James Borden;
nephew, Matthew Lacher (Joanna).
She was preceded in death by mother & father Evelyn Lee and Bluford Taylor (BT) Lacher and Brother, Bluford Taylor (Sonny) Lacher
Pallbearers will be Johnny Crittenden, Francisco Vargas, Eric Blinn, Jessie Green, Andrew Vargas, Nicholas Vargas, and Matthew Lacher.

Laura spent a lot of her childhood in Waynesboro Tennessee, where she was born.   She graduated 1958
from Lemon Monroe High School.,Monroe, Ohio.   She was a very accomplished lady having finished school of cosmetology in the 60s attending with her mother.
She was selected by the governor of Tennessee to become an inspector of cosmetology in the 70s.   She then continued an education at 
Northwest Alabama State Junior College graduating in 1985 with an associates degree in nursing.   She went on to enjoy a 30+ year nursing career at 
Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital.   She was a resident of Lauderdale County for the last 39 years and adored all of her church family members at the 
Killen Church of Christ in Killen Alabama.   Most importantly she loved the Lord and she carried Him in her heart with her every interaction.   
She was truly a beautiful Christian lady inside and out, always making people feel welcomed and loved.   
She will be truly missed by all her precious family & friends.... we will meet again in Heaven!
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