Brenda James Smith

Mrs. Brenda Sue James Smith, age 71, of Almo, Kentucky died on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at her home.

Mrs. Smith was born in Murray, Kentucky on November 5, 1944. She served as the former Secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Mrs. Smith is preceded in death by her father, Winfred Mason James; three sisters, Treva Nell James, Mary Inez James – Johnson and Linda Nell Culver; and one great grandson, Ian McCuiston.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Gerald Smith of Almo, Kentucky, to whom she married on February 13, 1960 in Murray, Kentucky; her mother, Elaine Donelson of Murray, Kentucky; one daughter, Donna McCallion and husband Tony of Lisle, Illinois; one son, Dale Smith and wife Wendy of Almo, Kentucky; two sisters, Barbara James and Doris James both of Puryear, Tennessee; two brothers, Glen Dale James and wife Marilyn of Antioch, Tennessee and James Ron Davis, Sr. and wife Linda of Henderson, Nevada; three grandchildren, Tiffany McCuiston of Iowa, Mitch McCuiston of Illinois and Derek McCuiston of Kentucky; six great grandchildren, Katelyn McCuiston, Elliott McCuiston, McCaelyn Casey, Collin McCuiston, April McCuiston and Gwendolyn McCuiston.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home with Leon Knott officiating. Burial will follow in the Temple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Alford Lodge F.&A.M. #445, Attn. Louise Sirls, 550 Union Ridge Road, Benton, Kentucky 42025 or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Department 142, Memphis, Tennessee 38101-9908.

Online condolences can be made at, www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com