Phillip Smith

Clyde – Phillip Robert "P.R." Smith, age 74, went home to be with his heavenly Father, on Monday, June 11, 2012 at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Winston-Salem, raised in Florence, South Carolina, then moved to Haywood County where he resided for most of his life. Phillip was a son of the late James Melvin and Sue Jones Royal Smith. He was a United States Navy veteran and was a member of Lake Junaluska First Baptist Church. Phillip enjoyed golfing, boating and camping. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Evelyn Mann Smith; one son, Michael Webb of Asheville; one daughter, Marianna Honeycutt and her husband, Terry, of Killen, Alabama; two sisters; Barbara Rogers of Clover, South Carolina, and Sandra Horton and her husband, Lynwood, of Bethune, South Carolina; and two grandchildren; Hunter Webb and Jennifer Honeycutt Johnson and her husband, Bradley. Also left behind, Alex Smith, Gene Driver, Robin Woods, Tammy Gibson, and their families; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2012 in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Reverend James Huey and Reverend Darrell Webb officiating. Burial will follow at Crawford/Ray Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 10000, Dept. 300, Memphis, TN 38148 or to MedWest Haywood Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.

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