Lucille Smith

Clara Lucille Lewis Smith, of the Cypress Creek community of Bladen County, passed away peacefully at home on April 28, 2026, just days shy of her 95th birthday. A lifelong resident of Bladen County, Lucille lived a full life devoted to God, family, church, and community. She was a dedicated member of Cypress Creek Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Raymond Smith; her son, Jerry Michael Smith; her parents, Maude and Charlie Lewis; and her brothers, Clarence, James, Norwood, and Lawrence Lewis.

Lucille is survived by two sons, Raymond Jeffrey Smith and Charles Wade Smith, both of Garland. She also leaves behind her sisters, Betty Kastrup of St. Louis, MO and Mary Guettler of Olney, MD, as well as sister-in-law Gail Lewis of Pinellas Park, FL. Her loving family further includes granddaughters Andrea Fisher (Michael) of Elizabethtown, Brooke Suggs (Cody) of Clinton, and Charlotte Robinson (Grant) of Wendell, as well as great-granddaughters Alexis Fisher, Blakely Suggs, Harper Suggs, Wrenley Suggs, Reese Robinson, and Murphy Lucille Suggs.

A funeral service will be held on May 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Cypress Creek Baptist Church, 1289 Old Fayetteville Road, Garland, NC. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family wishes to extend their heartfelt thanks to Liberty Hospice of Clinton for their excellent care, as well as the loving and dedicated care provided by her live-in caregiver, Rosie Parker.