Mildred Smith

Mrs. Mildred Winn Smith, 70, of 3300 Rum Gully Road in Islandton, entered into her state of eternal rest Sunday afternoon, January 3, 2010, at Roper Hospital in Charleston following an extended illness.



Funeral services will be conducted 11 oclock Wednesday morning, January 6, 2010, from Peniel Baptist Church, 37 Forks Road, Islandton, South Carolina with The Reverend Terry Hiers and The Reverend Tom McJunkin officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.



Mrs. Smith was born August 28, 1939, in Colleton County and was a daughter of the late Miles Walter Winn and the late Rosella Martin Winn. She was a graduate of Bells High School " Class of 1956 and then obtained her formal education in Business Management from Palmer Business School where she graduated with the Class of 1958. She worked and retired after many years as a legal secretary with the Law Office of Senator James P. Preacher Harrelson and T. K. Alexander, Esquire in Walterboro.



She was a longtime member of Peniel Baptist Church in Islandton where she was very active in many aspects of the churchs work. Demonstrating her love for her Lord and her church, she was currently serving as the Church Treasurer " a position she had held for eight years, as well as was a member of the Social Committee and Cemetery Committee. At her church, she was formerly a Childrens Sunday School Class Teacher and when the church functioned from the old sanctuary she served as an assistant pianist on many occasions. She was a member of the Community Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Islandton. Mildred had a true love for people and her heart was with everyone she knew. She loved gardening, reading, and will be fondly remembered as a good Southern cook.



Surviving are: her husband of forty-six years, Mr. Roy Lee Smitty Smith; a son, Walter Gregory Smith and his wife Susan D. of Islandton; a daughter, Rhonda Smith Mellon and her husband Benjamin Lee of Columbia; a sister, Sara Winn Strickland and her husband David of Walterboro; and one grandchild, Cole Gregory Smith. There are two nieces, Sherri Strickland Crosby and her husband Herman and Terri Strickland Johns and her husband Marcus both of Walterboro; and a nephew, David Strickland and his wife Sherry of Summerville; as well as several other nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, by whom she was always affectionately known as Aunt Mimie that also survive. She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Rose Winn.

Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has suggested that memorial contributions may be directed in her memory to the following: Peniel Baptist Church, care of 3300 Rum Gully Road, Islandton, South Carolina 29929; or to, The Medical University of South Carolina Childrens Hospital, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29425

For those that desire, memorial messages and thoughts of condolence may be left for the Smith family by visiting: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.

The family will be at the home of her son, Walter Gregory Smith, 985 Sineath Road, Islandton.

Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 9:00 this Tuesday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.

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