James E. Smiley

Published 10:00 pm Thursday, January 4, 2018

Mr. James E. Smiley, 62, of Selma, passed away Dec. 27, 2017, at Baptist Medical Center South. Services are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at noon at Good Hope Baptist with pastor Jonathan B. Shanks officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Randall Miller Funeral Service directing.

He is survived by three daughters, Marlanna (Charles) Perkins, Teara Y. Bell and Chenise L. Moore, all of Selma; two brothers, Roy (Willie Mae) Hayes of Huntsville and Donald (Vanessa) Hayes of Troy; four sisters, Thelma (Sammy) Fails of Selma, Alice (Robert) Herther of Pensacola, Florida, Teresa Hayes of Pensacola, Florida, and Linda Pullom of Selma; eight grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.