Mr. Johnny Abe Smith, 73, of Jayess, Mississippi passed away peacefully on Monday, December 6, 2021 at his home, from heart complications. Johnny was born February 23, 1948 in Lawrence County, Mississippi to Elbridge and Georgie Mae Ard Smith.

Visitation will be held at Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello, MS on Friday, December 10, 2021 from 12 PM until service time at 1 PM. Graveside services will follow at Divide Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery in Monticello. Jackie Robbins and Bro. Jeffery Conn will officiate the services with Wilson Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Johnny loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing especially spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Johnny loved helping people and was a joy to everyone. He was a member of Divide Methodist Protestant Church. He will be missed by everyone.

Johnny is survived by his wife of 55 years Betty Sue Ballard Smith; sons, his sister, Mary (Ronnie) Smith; his three children, Robbie Smith, (Chantay Fuller Smith), Eddie (Sherry Speights) Smith and Suzette Smith; his four grandchildren, Jonathan (Ashley) Smith, Adrienne Smith, Bailey Smith, and Levi Smith; and his four great grandchildren, MacKenzie and Payton Smith, Layla Jake and Asher Shumaker.

Those preceding him in death were his grandson, Eddie Jake Smith, his parents, Elbridge and Georgie Mae Ard Smith, and siblings Sue Cupstid, and Betty Chapman.

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