Bobby Smith

Bobby D. `Big Bobby` Smith, 63, Cunningham, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel with Rev. James Shepherd and Rev. Delbert Homol officiating. Burial will be in Gum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. until the hour of service Friday at the funeral home.
McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born April 6, 1945 in Montgomery County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Omer and Emma Lewis Smith, brothers, George Smith, Edward Smith, Ray Smith. Mr. Smith was retired from the Zinc Plant, a former truck driver for R.B. Lester and had also worked for State Industries. He attended Gum Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Regina McWhorter Smith, Cunningham; daughter, Tammy (Ron) Smith Pentlicki, Cunningham; brother, Donald "Duck" Smith, Clarksville; sisters, Frances Byrd Riles, Milton, FL, Mildred Pruitt, Hopkinsville, Imogene McLin, Milton, FL; grandchildren, Kiley Ella Pentlicki and Matthew Robert Pentlicki. Pallbearers will be Everett Guthrie, Danny Wells, Dexon Stephenson, Scott McWhorter, Cecil Castleberry, Roy Kolbe, Mike Younce, Steve McLeskey, Buddy McCrae and Mark Joyce. Memorials may be made to Gum Springs Baptist Church, 5270 Marion Road, Cunningham, TN 37052.