Camilla 'Kim' Denise Smith, 58, of Soso, Mississippi, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was born Wednesday, December 27, 1961, in Laurel, Mississippi.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and the Burial will follow in Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Roy Crouch and Bro. Richard Clark will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements.
Kim loved her family and friends and loved to travel before she became ill. She also had a pet Chloe that she adored. Kim battled kidney and liver disease for about four and half years. She underwent a kidney and liver transplant on September 16, 2020, but succumbed to complications from the surgery on November 29, 2020. Kim was a devoted employee at SCRMC for 35 years. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. She was loved by everyone who knew her and will be missed by many.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Texine Smith.
Survivors include her husband of 18 years, Terry Smith, father, J. L Smith, sisters, Darla Smith, Carla Smith Stroud (Ferrell), nephews, Josh Messemore, Blake Skipper, nieces, Karla and Katie Stroud, and a host of great nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Josh Messemore, Blake Skipper, Terry Joe Burgess, Josh Smith, Alex Hodge, and Jordan Smith.
Online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com
