Mr. Jerry Howard Smith, 65, passed peacefully away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at Memorial Health University Medical Center after a one and half year battle with congestive heart failure.

He was born in Augusta to the late Howard E. & Frances Bradford Smith.  He was the owner/operator of Jerry Smith Septic for 40 plus years and will always be remembered as a hard worker

Survivors include three daughters, Catina Davis (Billy Jenkins), Jeri Patrick (Scott) and Lori Huggins (Rusty); grandchildren, Ashley, Kaivin, Kailee (Cole), Garrett, Gavin, Keiley, Hayden, Jaden, Landen, Jacey and Chaney; great-grandson, Cason; significant other, Dawn Lee; sister, Rose Beaker; brothers, Donald and Jody Smith and several nieces and nephews.

The visitation will be on Thursday, April 25 ^th from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home located at 901 W. Hwy. 80 in Pooler.

The graveside funeral and burial will be on Friday, April 26 ^th at 2:30 p.m. at Westside Memorial Gardens on Adams Road in Bloomingdale.  The procession will leave Strickland Funeral Home at 2:15 p.m.

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes – West Chatham Chapel (912) 748-2444