Emily Smith-Chery
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Funeral service for the late Emily Smith-Chery age 81 years of #40 Malcolm Road East, who died on 4th January 2019, will be held on Saturday, 19th January 2019 at 11:00 a.m., at First Baptist Church, Market Street & Coconut Grove Avenue. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Diana Francis, Senior Pastor, assisted by Bishop Dr. Joseph A. Smith and Rev. Jethro B. Smith (Emily’s sons), and other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens Cemetery, Soldier Road.
She was predeceased by her husband: Andre Chery; brothers: Charles Henry, Albert Theophilus Smith, Cyril Smith and Abba Smith, and sisters: Dorothy Johnson, Lucille Smith and Marley Smith-Cooper.
Left to share and cherish her memories are; Her Daughters: Karen and Zipporah Smith; Sons: Edward, Theophilus, Rev. Jethro B. and Bishop Dr. Joseph A. Smith, and Glen Connolly; Daughters-in-law: Elsie, Claudina, Minister Andrea and Sharon Smith of Burns, Tennessee, U.S.A.; Step-sons: Jude Chery of Lakeworth, Florida and Stanford Greene; Step-daughters: Marie Carmen Chery of Miami, Florida and Joy Bosfield; Grandchildren: Fredrica and John Douge, Fredrick and Donella Smith, Police Inspector Leon Smith, Nyroka Hayles-Smith, Deon Smith, Ginger Smith-Davis and Locksley Davis, Nicole Smith-Francis and Theo Francis, Jardonay Smith, Carla and Travis Stuart, Justin and J’Sanne Smith; Great Grandchildren: Taevaughn and Nithya Francis, Johniqua and Johnnyco Dugue, Johnwood Dugue, Rashad and Rashawn Nesbitt, Destiny Davis, Ashley and Diamond Davis, Dayna and Krisleigh Smith, Zachary Smith, Fallon and Freshawn Smith, Leo J. Smith, Deonte’ Smith, Tyreka and Deondra Smith, Deondre and Deon Smith Jr.; Great-great Grandchildren: Charadanae and Razaria Nesbitt; Sisters: Eugie Raymond, Maria Smith-Nixon, Lulamae Smith-Taylor, Louise Smith-Woodside and Curline Smith-Wallace; Sister-in-law: Ada Smith; Nieces: Kim Davis, Linda Williams, Rosemary Knowles, Judith McEwen, Vernice Knowles, Ingrid Higgs, Edline Smith, Mizpah Cartwright, Eunice Johnson and Pastor Margarette Bowe; Nephews: Cedric Pratt, James Knowles, Anthony Johnson, Simeon and Benjamin Smith, David Cartwright, Osmond Johnson, Rev. Dr. Sheldon A. Higgs and Pastor Brackston Bowe; Other Relatives and Friends including: Velma Pratt and Family, Vienna Johnson and Family, Carl Stuart, Hattie and Henry Moxey, Leonard and Theophilus Williams, Sylvia Scriven, Duke, Winifred, Cynthia, Obediah, Philip and Clement Smith, Queen Hepburn, Norris Hepburn, Audrey Barnett, Rosemary Smith and Family, Elnora Gibson and Family, Helen Adderley and Family, Richard Gardiner and Family, Agnes Knowles and Family, Family of the late Kathleen Williams, Geleta Gray and Family, Louise Strachan-Paul and Family, Betty Romer and Family, Alfred and Norma Rolle and Family, Margaret Stubbs and Family, Ronny Mackey and Family, Rosie Miller and Family, Sandra Rolle and Family, Sandra Dean and Family, Monica Rolle and Family, Fred Stuart and Family, Annie Greene and Family, Jean Joseph and Family, Denise Antoine and Family of Miami, Florida, Emily’s Nashville, Tennessee Family including: Rev. Dr. James E. and Frankie M. Henry, Elder Marvin B. and Martha Rhodes, Howard and Robbie B. Jones, Ron and Doris Hull, Dr. James and Birdie Brown, and Dr. Barbara Jones. Her First Baptist Church Family – Rev. Dr. Diana Francis, Travel Companion, Shanell Major, Florence Richardson, Minister Bertha Lee Curry, and Sister Janeth Bodie, Simon Origene and Family; Caregivers: Donna Dean and Maggie Moss and Nurse Daphne Petitfrere. Relatives and friends may pay their last respects at the Church of God, Independence Drive on Friday from 10:00 a.m., until 5:00 p.m., and on Saturday at First Baptist Church, Market Street & Coconut Grove Avenue from 9:30 a.m., until service time.
