‘Johnny' Smith4006SAND FLAT — Services for E.V. "Johnny" Smith, 85, Sand Flat community, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel, Lindale, with the Rev. Kenny Cargill officiating.
Burial will be in Sand Flat Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died April 3 in a Tyler nursing home.
He was bom Nov. 7, 1917, in Osceola and lived in San Angelo prior to moving to the Tyler area in 1961 He served in the Army during World War II, retired from Kimbell Wholesale Grocery in Tyler, and was a longtime member of Antioch Baptist Church of Sand Flat community. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mae Dell Smith in 1993, two brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include daughters, Barbara Kurtz, Bedford, Judy Rowan, Flint , and Neva Dollar, Tyler; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are grandsons, David Cope, Jerry Fleming, Terry Fleming, Bryan Laird, Kevin Robertson and Mike Rowan.
Family will receive friends 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.