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Smith, Mary Lakeydra Deshea

  • Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Mary Smith
Mary Smith

Mary Lakeydra Deshea Smith, 24, passed away on June 15, 2017.  

 

Survivors include her daughters, Jazari and Jastacia Parson; parents, Kelly Smith and Charles Kyle. Please visit johnpfranklinfh.com to view the complete obituary.

 

Mary will lie in state beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 23. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the chapel at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995. Interment will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.

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