Elmer Milton Smith, son of the late Clarence Houston Smith Sr. and Geneva Shetton Smith, was born on December 2, 1958 in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on Monday, August 12, 2019 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 60 years.

Mr. Smith was a truck driver for Energy Solutions in Oakridge, Tennessee.  He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter.

On December 31, 1976, in Bernie, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Debbie Rushing.  Mrs. Smith survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife Debbie, he is survived by his son, Houston Paul Smith and wife Paula of Dexter; by his daughter, Melissa Kammerdiener and husband Joshua of Bernie; by three brothers, Clarence Houston Smith Jr., Jerry Smith and Delmar Smith, all of Dexter; and by his granddaughter, Savannah Grace.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Leonard Smith.