PORT GIBSON — Pearlie Mae Baskins died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Promise Hospital. She was 88.

Mrs. Baskins was born in Claiborne County to Willie and Sarenta Smith. She was a housewife and a member of Mount Burner M.B. Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Dave Smith Sr. and Arthur L. Baskins; one sister, Geneva Clark; and three brothers, Robert L. Smith, Jimmy Smith and Charlie Smith.

Survivors include two sons, Dave Smith Jr. of Ohio and James R. Smith of Hammond, Ind.; three daughters, Zadie Lee Brinner and Ethel Pearl Smith, both of Port Gibson, and Gerva Brandon of Michigan; 19 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Burner M.B. Church with the Rev. Ray Coleman Sr. officiating. Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Friday at Rollins Funeral Home in Port Gibson.