Forest Raymon Smith, 76, of McMinnville died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.He was born July 14, 1935 in Warren County and was retired from the maintenance department of the Georgia Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Churches, a member of McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church, and served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by parents Taylor Floyd and Ethel Bell Smith and his sisters Velma Fugiett, Annie Lee Todd, Alice Steed, and Hilmer Hale.Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Sonia and Robert Davis of McMinnville; stepdaughters, Evangeline and Jim Archer of Hendersonville, N.C., and Theresa Donaldson of Manor, Texas; step-grandchildren, Jaime Gerst, Joshua Archer, and Lindsay Archer; step great-grandson, Elias Archer, and siblings Audrey Gant of Dunnkirk, Ind., and Charlie Ray Smith, Nancy Naomi Barrett, Willie T. Smith, and Nonnie Smith Matheny, all of McMinnville; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, family members, and friends.Funeral service is 4 p.m. Saturday, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Harley Roth and pastor Dennis Clark will officiate.
Forest Raymon Smith, 76