Funeral Services for Mrs. Ruby Dean Smith, age 78, of Livingston will be conducted 11 A.M. on Saturday, December 15, 2018, from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home in Livingston. Bro. Marlon Winningham will officiate. Burial will be in the Fellowship Cemetery. The family will welcome friends on Friday evening from 5 to 9 P.M..
Mrs. Smith passed from this life on Wednesday morning, December 12, 2018, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was born in Overton County on June 4, 1940, to the late Wesley Banks and Stella Lee Taylor. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and fishing. Her favorite type of music included country artists such as George Jones, Marty Stuart, and Dailey & Vincent.
Mrs. Ruby Dean Smith leaves behind her son Terry Smith and wife Micki of Livingston; daughter Patricia McCandles and husband James of Baxter; grandchildren Michael Smith of Rickman and Meghan Smith of Livingston; great grandchild Bronson Smith of Rickman; brother Raymond Taylor and wife Elise of Livingston; and sister Margaret Leora Reagan of Anderson, Indiana.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ruby Dean Smith was preceded in death by her husband J. B. Smith; daughter Shelia...[more]