Obituary – Faye Tucker Smith
FAYE TUCKER SMITH
BLOUNTSTOWN – Faye Tucker Smith, age 82, of Blountstown, received her total and complete healing on March 14, 2023.
Faye was born on June 30, 1940, in Athens, AL to Edgar Marshall Tucker and Ruth Pope Tucker. At the age of eight her family moved to Orlando and soon she was singing on local radio stations. By age 10 she was performing with a band and at age 12 she was a regular performer on an Orlando radio show. At the age of 14, she was featured three times a week on the television show, Art Davis and The Rhythm Riders.
In 1963, at the age of 23, Faye made her way to Nashville and soon recorded her first album. In October of 1965 while living in Panama City, Faye met Wade Smith and they married in March of 1966 and that’s when Faye made Calhoun County her home. Faye received her teaching degree from FSU in 1993 and began working with the Calhoun County School System in 1994. She retired the for first time in 2009. She went back to work with the Calhoun County School System and retired for the second time in July of 2022. Faye loved children just as much, if not more, than she loved music.
Faye was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Ruth Tucker; husband of 41 years, Wade M. Smith; sister-in-law, Hilma Smith Barbee; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, John and Glenna Smith; nephews Salari Barbee and Ray Smith and a special great-nephew, Brandon Barbee.
Survivors include her son, Gregory Wade Smith (Cheryl) of Keystone Heights; her daughter, Traci Smith Hall (Jim) of Blountstown; Four grandchildren, Brody and Reagan Hall of Blountstown, Milo Smith of Keystone Heights, Chris Hall (Kaitlyn) of Tallahassee; two great-grandchildren; Brothers, Wayne Tucker (Jean) of Sorrento and Gene Tucker (Robin) of Tallahassee. Along with a host of nieces, nephews, her special great-nephews, Matthew and Jim Barbee and all the children that she babysat before becoming a teacher that lovingly know her as “Aunt Faye”. She loved them all as her own.
Visitation was held on March 19, 2023 and services were held March 20, 2023, at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel where Reverend Tim Faircloth and Reverend Tim Rhodes officiated. Interment followed at Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown.
All arrangements were made under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown.
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