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Otis Lee Smith

Otis Lee Smith died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at his home in Vicksburg. He was 47.

He was a member of Faith Christian Church and a construction worker.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his parents, O.K. Berry and Lee Dora Smith; a brother, Robert Smith; and a sister, Gloria Smith Thomas.

Survivors include three brothers, Charles A. Smith and Annaise Smith, both of Vicksburg, and Eugene Smith of Pontiac, Mich.; five sisters, Erma Lee Smith and Carolyn Jenkins, both of Vicksburg, Dorothy Hargrove of Oakland, Calif., and Sandra Williams and Mary Moore, both of Saginaw, Mich.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.