Joyce Smith

June 8, 1945 - October 29, 2021

Mrs. Mary "Joyce" Morrell Smith, 76, passed away on October 29, 2021. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 1 PM in Knowles Chapel in Hancock County. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith will lie in state from 12 noon until the service hour. The family will be at Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville on Monday from 4 PM to 6 PM to receive friends. Mrs. Smith was a native of Sparta and had lived in Harlem for the past 28 years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Annie Mae Johnson Roberts; father, Robert Morrell; stepfather, Paul Roberts; son, Jerry Wilkerson, Jr.; great grandson, Aiden King; sisters, Annette Annis, and Brenda McCannon. Mrs. Smith was a member of Knowles Chapel in Hancock County. She is survived by her husband, Monte Smith; children, Karen (Willie) Frerichs of Lithia Springs, Keith Jones of Alabama, Rita Johnson (Kenny) of Sparta, Patrick Wilkerson (Robin) of Milledgeville; daughter in law, Denise Wilkerson; 19 grandchildren, and 36 great grandchildren.