Desi Smith

Desi LeDale Smith was born December
24, 1964, to the late Dinah and Milton
Smith. He attended Warren Central High
School and then went on to Hinds in Utica.
He worked several jobs, but he spent the
last 19 years at Batesville Casket Company.
He loved to have fun and be around family.
He loved participating in family cookouts.
Desi was a friendly and good-hearted
person.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
Dinah and Milton Smith; two sisters,
Susie Williams and Tamzella Smith; three
brothers, Milton Smith, Jr., Jerry Smith,
and Kenny Ray Smith; one son, Desi Smith,
all of Vicksburg, MS.
He leaves to cherish his memory: his two
sisters, Josephine Smith and Theresa
Smith; two brothers, Tyler Smith (Melva)
and Marvin Smith, all in Vicksburg, MS;
one auntie, Theresa Fairchild in Chicago,
IL; one grandchild, Dessica Smith in
Waterloo, IA; two stepsons, Dedric and
Jason Chandler; special friend, Gracey
Taylor; and a host of nieces and nephews
including the Carson, Fairchild and Spates Families.