- Date Of Birth: March 15, 1936
- Date Of Death: May 3, 2021
- State: Georgia
May Bell Hatfield Smith, 85, of Tifton passed away Monday, May 3, 2021, at her residence.
Born March 15, 1936 in Coffee County, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late William Hatfield and Bernice Spivey Hatfield. She was also preceded in death by her husband, E. J. Smith; one daughter, Debby Smith; six brothers, C. J. Hester, C. T. Hester, Albert Hester, Buster Hester, Roy Hatfield, Floyd Hatfield , Alfred Hatfield; and two sisters, Dollie Smith and Willie Mae Hester. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She loved watching westerns and fishing.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Tommy and Peggy Smith of Sumner and Robert Smith of Douglas; three daughter and two sons-in-law, Libby and Donny Robertson of Tifton, Marie and James Ray of Fitzgerald and Lisa Oliver of Douglas; a son-in-law, Fernando; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Lillie Mae and Fred Snelson of Metairie, Louisiana and Lillian Hamilton of Madison, Florida; twelve grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Memorialization is by cremation.
