Carolyn Joan Smith

December 13, 1943 - December 28, 2021

Carolyn "Joan" Smith, age 78, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at NorthCrest Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 1pm Monday, January 3, 2022 in the chapel of Austin & Bell Funeral Home, Springfield with Bro. Steve Freeman officiating. Burial will follow in the Springfield Memorial Gardens with Dalton Webb, Jim Smith, Michael Smith, Jarrod Simpson, Matthew Simpson, and Nick Simpson serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, January 2, 2022 from 4-8pm and again on Monday from 11am until the hour of service at 1pm. Mrs. Smith was born December 13, 1943 in Gap Creek, KY to the late Roy Estel and Parlee Massengale Perdue. She was a member of Barren Plains Baptist Church. In addition to her parents Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Ronald "Glenn" Smith; 2 brothers; and 3 sisters. Mrs. Smith is survived by her son, Ronnie (Tisha) Smith Jr.; daughter, Tonya G. (Jimmy) Webb Jr.; 4 grandchildren, Heather (Jeremy) Jensen, Meghan (Evan) Anderson, Tyler Smith and Dalton Webb; 3 great grandchildren, Jaxson Jensen, Annistyn Anderson and Jude Jensen; sisters, Connie Simpson, Lela Chesney, Peggy (Gene) Guffey, and Phyllis (Homer) Winchester. Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000