10-31-12 —     April 29, 1931‹Oct. 25, 2012

    Vela Mae Smith Stephenson, age 81, was born April 29, 1931 the daughter of the late Dewey C. and Flora Jane Carter Smith. She departed this life Thursday, October 25, 2012 in the emergency room of the Wayne County Hospital.

    She is survived by two daughters‹Anna Adkins, of Somerset and Melinda Lemons, of Monticello; her sister‹Ila Jones, of Somerset; and brother‹Kenneth Ray Smith, of Dayton, Ohio and grandchildren‹Keifer Adkins, Logan Lemons and Zackary Tucker.

    She had accepted Christ as her Savior and attended the Little Community Baptist.

    Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 28, 2012 in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Mike Smedley and Bro. Oral H. Denney officiating.

    Burial was in the Elk Spring Cemetery.

    Hickey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.