Mrs. Jean Austin Smith

March 28, 1940 - June 28, 2016

Mrs. Jean Austin Smith, age 76 of Rockmart (Yorkville Community) passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Mrs. Smith was born March 28, 1940 in Paulding County, daughter of the late Edwin Iran Austin and the late Evelyn Lawrence Austin. She was a graduate of the Dallas High School Class of 1958 and a member of the Yorkville Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was an administrative secretary for the Goodyear Aerospace Corporation for many years and a former registration clerk for Wellstar Paulding Hospital. She was also owner and operator of Dude’s Family Steakhouse from 1999–2005. Survivors include a son, Michael Cole and his wife Lison of Ramrod Key, Florida; a daughter, Jennifer Smith Martin and her husband Chris; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Linda and Danny Brumbelow and Dot and Hershel Talton; brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Patricia Austin all of the Yorkville Community; nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held on Thursday, June 30th at 2:00 p.m. in the Yorkville Baptist Church with Brother Todd Brown officiating. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Yorkville Memorial Gardens. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Michael Millsap, Joshua Millsap, James Thomason, Jeff Brumbelow, Lloyd Forsyth and Billy Freeman. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, June 29th between the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services for Mrs. Jean Austin Smith.