Shawn Emory Smith, 51, of 125 Beltline Road, Apt. 60, entered eternal rest Thursday, August 25, 2016, in his home.

He was born in New York City and was a son of Cleveland Smith of Gaffney and the late Darlene Littlejohn Smith. He was reared in the home of his great-aunt, Juanita Allen.

Surviving are: six children, Shawmund Wray, Akeem Wray, Jasmyne Smith, Bryson Palmer, and Fantasia Smith, all of Gaffney, Jacquez Page of Detroit, MI; four brothers, Cleo Smith of Laurens, SC, Andre Scott of Gaffney, Johnathan and Chauncey Mitchem, both of New York; four sisters, Elder Juanita Dewberry (Chris) and Rose Marie Smith of Gaffney, Carmen Mitchem and Joyce Mitchem of New York; aunts, Sugarmine Sarratt and Janie Littlejohn, of Gaffney; uncles, Dean Smith and Leroy Smith, Sr. of Gaffney.

Funeral Services will be Monday, August 29, 2016 at 3 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Terry Kilgore officiating. Interment will be in Gaffney Memorial Park.

The family is at the home of Minister Juanita and Chris Dewberry, 112 Illinois Circle, Gaffney. The Gilmore Mortuary www.gilmoresmortuary.com

Published in The Gaffney Ledger on Aug. 26, 2016